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Life as a Unicorn: A Journey from Shame to Pride and Everything in Between by Amrou Al-Kadhi
3 reviews
mattyb's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Mental illness, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Xenophobia, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Drug use
watermelleon's review against another edition
4.0
An excellent memoir, with a surprising amount of nuance. I was somewhat cautious it would be told in a more spiteful way (which would be completely valid!), but it was fascinating to hear about the queerer aspects of the quran and the endless struggle of religion vs culture, and amrou's relationship with and journey within Islam. I have had so many conversations with Muslim people about this exact topic, and it was wonderful to have such a detailed account.
I felt a lot of interpretations closely mirror actions of other religious family groups which receive far less stigma in britain, which amrou was able to address delicately with a lot of thought. This was very intelligently written!
It has been a great experience reflecting on my own queerness and whiteness, and the in depth experience of queer Muslims which I so often look for but rarely find!
Definitely recommend this, marked as a 4 as the writing style at times felt perhaps a little too overwhelmed with metaphors and overblown artistic style that wasn't quite to my personal liking (but seems very in line with the writers character!)
Also absolutely loved the absolutely bizzare likening of Allah to some sort of sadistic DM at the beginning, and how religious trauma can be processed through the queer and kink scene.
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Racism, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Gaslighting
epellicci's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Homophobia, Islamophobia, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Abandonment, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Bullying, Dysphoria, and Body horror
Minor: Drug use and Self harm