A review by armontheroad
How We Fight For Our Lives by Saeed Jones

challenging dark emotional funny informative lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

I truly cannot put into words how deeply incredible this memoir is!! This was raw and deeply personal. Saeed Jones narrates his audiobook, which in my opinion, amplified the experience. It baffled me how Jones was able to discuss so much hardship whilst somehow managing to keep the book light and funny at points. By the time I got to the end, I could not stop crying. The writing is just brilliant! At the end of the day, this memoir is a love letter to his mother who passed away after being terminally ill for years. It is about the relationship the two of them had, about his life growing up Black and gay, about the religious abuse he suffered throughout his life. It’s a story about family and trauma. I do not recommend it lightly. Please take my trigger warnings into consideration before reading and to ensure the protection of your mental health I suggest doing additional research into trigger warnings beforehand!

CWs/TWs: suicide, racism, hate crime, homophobia, religious bigotry, child abuse, sexual content, pedophilia, childhood sexual assault, RuPaul reference, chronic illness, medical content, death of a parent, grief, rape, murder (minor), fetishization, car accident, physical assault, animal death, eye gore, etc.

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