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Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love by Jonathan Van Ness

9 reviews

tieflingmom's review

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

bebidocrimes's review

emotional funny inspiring fast-paced

This captures Jonathan's voice so so well, it feels like we were just chatting at a coffee shop. I have been told time and time again, directly or indirectly, that I am too loud, I'm too much, I won't stop rambling on and on when I'm excited about something. It just feels so good to be reminded that I can find people who will love me for all that I am. Looking forward to getting my hands on his next book!

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Content Warnings

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

_inge's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring medium-paced

3.0

This feels very authentic. It’s clearly written by Jonathan, so that does mean it’s not structured as nicely or does anything special, but you can tell so much thought and effort has been put into it. Jonathan explains issues within the LGBTQ+ community because JVN feels they’re important to share, not because the publishers wanted to put them in. I’d especially recommend the audiobook, I really can’t imagine this coming across as well on paper. 

This audiobook was genuinely a hopeful one. We all mess up in life, we might not immediately achieve our goals, but if you stay true to who you are despite what others might say or do, you’ll get there in the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Trafficking, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Grief, Death, and Addiction

Moderate: Pedophilia, Self harm, Body shaming, Bullying, Kidnapping, and Vomit

hellokitty's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cancer, Addiction, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Drug abuse

Minor: Vomit and Blood

lalala_rich_reads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual assault, and Drug abuse

Minor: Cancer, Vomit, Bullying, and Body shaming

caseythereader's review

dark emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, and Vomit

victoria_lyle's review

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Vomit

danajoy's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad

It feels wrong to give this a rating. This memoir is raw and at times confronting as well as being the bright, inspiring JVN you might have seen on Gay of Thrones or Queer Eye. This is a truly vulnerable vision of his life and all its trauma and triumph. 
The audiobook experience was lovely, it sort of feels like you're having a chat. I love that when faced with sharing a particularly difficult part of his life story there is an interlude consisting of a report he wrote as a child. It is an incredible book but there is a lot of pain in here so I'm sure JVN would be ok with me saying, if the discussions of childhood sexual abuse, addiction, self-destructive behaviour or disordered eating are triggering for you it is not just ok but important that you practice self-love and don't retraumatise yourself through this story. 

It is fantastic and well worth the read. Thank you Jonathan Van Ness for sharing your story and I hope that it proved that yes, your fans will still love you if they see all your parts.   

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, and Infidelity

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Vomit, Terminal illness, Self harm, Sexual violence, Medical content, Mental illness, Child abuse, Cancer, and Alcoholism

notagreatreader's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

It's my own fault for not reading up about this book a little more, but it turned out to be a much more difficult read than I expected. It covers a lot of important heavy topics that are often stigmatized (including sexual abuse, self-destructive behavior and HIV) and I really appreciate that Jonathan Van Ness decided to share his story openly like that.

The audiobook is amazing, narrated by the author in a very conversational style, familiar from Queer Eye. That may not be everyone's cup of tea, but I really enjoyed it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Eating disorder

Moderate: Sexual content, Self harm, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Vomit

The book describes a lot of self-destructive behaviors, including drug abuse and unsafe sex practices. There are also detailed descriptions of food eaten during disordered eating episodes.