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Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love by Jonathan Van Ness
18 reviews
tieflingmom's review
5.0
Graphic: Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Cancer, Rape, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Dysphoria, Addiction, Homophobia, Death, Fatphobia, Medical trauma, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Child abuse, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Animal death, Biphobia, Dementia, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, and Self harm
cozy_academic's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Sexual assault, Addiction, Homophobia, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Cursing, and Pedophilia
pacifickat's review against another edition
4.0
The audiobook absolutely made this book work for me as a reader. There were so many jokes and moments that relied on anticipating the correct voice intonation in order to completely land, and it was fun hearing JVN's humor come through in the audio narration. Plus, I would have hopelessly butchered all the Russian pseudonyms in my head.
Lots of trigger warnings could be applied to this book (childhood trauma, sexual content, drug use, self harm, bullying, etc.), but I have rarely heard more accurate or compelling descriptions of addictive behaviors and the self-destructive-yet-all-consuming mental state behind them than here. This felt like an extremely honest and open account of the author's most formative life experiences, and I can't help but admire that.
I also really appreciated learning a bit about AIDS/HIV stigma, treatments, and current positive prognoses when caught early and managed carefully. This kind of information is truly a public service to get out there in the open.
Graphic: Cursing, Homophobia, Drug abuse, Bullying, Chronic illness, Self harm, Addiction, Death of parent, Drug use, Cancer, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Dementia, Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Death, Sexual assault, and Alcohol
Minor: Eating disorder and Fatphobia
amoremeg's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, Drug abuse, and Grief
Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Addiction, and Chronic illness
Minor: Homophobia, Infidelity, and Gun violence
moodreader89's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Body shaming, Drug abuse, Addiction, Cancer, Eating disorder, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Drug use, Homophobia, and Sexual assault
officialdani's review
4.25
Graphic: Chronic illness, Self harm, Addiction, and Cancer
Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Bullying, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Drug use, and Death
Minor: Infidelity, Homophobia, and Grief
angryglitterwitch's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Sexual assault, Homophobia, and Child abuse
kayschwe's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Drug use, Homophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Terminal illness
miniando's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Drug abuse
Moderate: Chronic illness
greatexpectations77's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Infidelity, Terminal illness, Addiction, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Cancer, Death of parent, and Child abuse
Moderate: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Bullying, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Dysphoria, Homophobia, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Religious bigotry, Body shaming, and Animal death
Could be helpful for survivors of trauma, who have done some processing, to show that things can and will get better