A review by bookishfaye
Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

What a brilliant & rageful albeit explicitly horrific & triggering exploration of trauma, fascism, transness, transphobia, racism etc utilized through haunted house metaphor. A really powerful read holy moly

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Racism, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Body horror, Deadnaming, Hate crime, Self harm, Violence, Sexism, Excrement, Homophobia, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Blood, Bullying, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Body shaming, Cursing, Deportation, and Dysphoria