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melodyseestrees's review
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
4.0
It is difficult to rate such a personal book. Any criticism one could hope to give could very easily be likened to a personal attack by way of tone policing. Readers who already struggle with nonfiction and who do not hold a similar vein of personal loss will likely have trouble sympathizing with the author on the deeply personal tragedy. There are multiple moments where the author takes the reader back in time with memories of their lost family and many are well done. Some distracted from what the author was going through in that present moment- which is likely realistic as the memories were written about as the author distracting herself from her loss.
Graphic: Grief, Blood, and Car accident
Moderate: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Alcohol, Self harm, Death of parent, Suicide, and Alcoholism
Minor: Stalking and Fatphobia
There is a moment where the author is very fat phobic towards a child survivor, it is understandable that a lot was happening and the author was truthfully reporting her thoughts and feelings but it was not nice to read.
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