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librarymouse's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Terminal illness, Suicide, Grief, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Alcoholism, Dysphoria, Sexual content, Addiction, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Ableism, Alcohol, Animal death, and Death
Moderate: Child abuse
Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Homophobia
grboph's review against another edition
2.0
Graphic: Fatphobia, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Ableism, Mental illness, and Transphobia
Moderate: Racism, Medical content, Addiction, Drug use, Dysphoria, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Classism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Body shaming
Minor: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Adult/minor relationship
crufts's review against another edition
1.5
After reading it, I would rewrite this as: Stories that give voice to the mean thoughts the author has, and assumes that other people have as well.
Mean jokes are the meat, potatoes, butter, side-salad, and every other component of this book. "I have a wide, deep cruel streak," the author comments. You sure do, buddy!
Hardly anyone escapes the scathing crosshairs of Augusten's pen. Disabled people, trans people, Down's Syndrome people, sexual assault victims, housewives, gay men he considers insufficiently attractive - there's nobody he won't insult! Between career-limiting moves such as insulting his readers, the author conveys one point very clearly: he dislikes people - but only as much as he dislikes himself.
You can skip reading this one.
Graphic: Addiction, Ableism, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Transphobia
Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Pedophilia, Terminal illness, Vomit, Rape, and Racism