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How to Live on the Edge
by Sarah Lynn Scheerger
ARC Review: Received for free via Netgalley for an honest review. All opinions are my own.
CW/TW: train dodging, cancer, blood, unhealthy coping mechanisms, mention of overdosing, mention of addiction, mention of slut shaming, ableist slurs, cisnormative language, mention of transmisia, car accident, mentions of mastectomy, surgery, hospital, injury, driving without a seat belt, blood tests, burglary, mention of cheating, medical procedure,
I really, really, really enjoyed this. I started it off rather hesitantly because I didn't know what to expect—mostly heartbreak. But this was actually a really nice read. I love Cayenne, I love that I get to see her grow and mature as a person while dealing with all life has dealt her. I love that she gets to grow but that her sister gets to grow too. They learn to forgive and to love and they get to become closer with each other as the hook progresses.
I think this book is about hope more than anything. It's about not letting something take so much control of your life that you end up making bad decisions. It's about acceptance too, and learning to love yourself.
Yeah. I really loved this book.
I appreciate this single paragraph so much because the whole time I've been reading I felt really uncomfortable about the whole “boobs are womanhood” thing and then this paragraph happened and I felt relief that the MC is calling herself out on her ignorance. I'm glad that this is something that happened within the book and makes me like it even more!
P. S. A few gramatical mistakes, but either than that, this was wonderful.
CW/TW: train dodging, cancer, blood, unhealthy coping mechanisms, mention of overdosing, mention of addiction, mention of slut shaming, ableist slurs, cisnormative language, mention of transmisia, car accident, mentions of mastectomy, surgery, hospital, injury, driving without a seat belt, blood tests, burglary, mention of cheating, medical procedure,
I really, really, really enjoyed this. I started it off rather hesitantly because I didn't know what to expect—mostly heartbreak. But this was actually a really nice read. I love Cayenne, I love that I get to see her grow and mature as a person while dealing with all life has dealt her. I love that she gets to grow but that her sister gets to grow too. They learn to forgive and to love and they get to become closer with each other as the hook progresses.
I think this book is about hope more than anything. It's about not letting something take so much control of your life that you end up making bad decisions. It's about acceptance too, and learning to love yourself.
Yeah. I really loved this book.
I suddenly realize that all this talk of breasts and ovaries and womanhood probably feels way different for someone like Vanessa [trans] than it does for me. Maybe that should’ve occurred to me earlier, like before I yelled about boobs in a crowded grocery store. I wasn’t trying to be insensitive— just funny. But sometimes those two things overlap in ways that don’t occur to me. Typically I don’t spend too much time worrying about offending or hurting anyone, because my humor is who I am, take it or leave it. But maybe I need to rethink that approach.
I appreciate this single paragraph so much because the whole time I've been reading I felt really uncomfortable about the whole “boobs are womanhood” thing and then this paragraph happened and I felt relief that the MC is calling herself out on her ignorance. I'm glad that this is something that happened within the book and makes me like it even more!
P. S. A few gramatical mistakes, but either than that, this was wonderful.