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ophalen's review
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Sexual assault, Bullying, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Cancer
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
sblisberg's review against another edition
Member dies
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, and Alcoholism
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
bebidocrimes's review
Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body shaming, Grief, Homophobia, Mental illness, Cursing, Death, Sexual assault, Vomit, Bullying, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use
asummrox's review against another edition
Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Death of parent, Sexual content, Death, and Eating disorder
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
book_dragon_'s review against another edition
5.0
I can't believe want this beautiful person had to go trough...
Please look at the tws!
Graphic: Sexual violence, Death, Self harm, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Cancer
angryglitterwitch's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Sexual assault, Homophobia, and Child abuse
omissacat's review against another edition
4.0
Only dropped the rating by one star because his writing imitates that of a straight white cis man writing a teen girl in the early 2010s and it got on my tits a bit
Graphic: Death, Grief, Addiction, Death of parent, Drug use, Body shaming, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Mental illness