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fayemomodu's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Body shaming
anaheeta's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Hate crime, Death, Toxic relationship, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Fatphobia
mandaleigh's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse
Moderate: Domestic abuse
Minor: Homophobia
kaimju's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Biphobia and Homophobia
Minor: Sexual assault
luv4journey's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Emotional abuse and Domestic abuse
rachaelcandoit's review against another edition
5.0
This memoir is also so incredibly important. As a queer person, I'm thankful that work like this exists and hope it can bring awareness to others.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Animal death
jazhandz's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Alcohol
Moderate: Lesbophobia, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Blood, Pregnancy, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury
lpogo16's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Infidelity, Mental illness, Bullying, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Rape, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Murder, Violence, Child abuse, Body shaming, Drug abuse, and Drug use
Minor: Vomit, Dementia, Blood, Cursing, and Confinement
alloftaysreads's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
jashanac's review against another edition
4.5
I'm a bisexual woman but who has not ever been in a relationship with a woman and my own experience of abuse was with a man, so obviously the thematic elements discussing queerness and abuse in queer relationships and especially abuse in relationships between women, is not something I can relate to -- but while everyone who experiences abuse experiences it differently, there is so much about it that is familiar.
The structure of this memoir is definitely unique and will not be to everyone's taste. It wasn't even exactly to my taste all of the time, but any dislike I ever felt for the structure was overshadowed by the moments that struck me to my core. The scene where Machado describes
I did feel like there were several sections that felt a bit like "fluff" that I didn't personally think added to the thematic elements enough and that were not really adding to the "here is what abuse can look like and feel like" story being told either. That and the structure not always working for me are the reasons it's not a solid 5 stars for me.
Graphic: Emotional abuse and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Homophobia and Lesbophobia