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river_jean_sterling's review against another edition
After the essay in which she talks about being explicitly propositioned by an adult when she was thirteen but not acknowledging anything wrong with that, I only attempted another one or two essays before giving up. I never came across anything funny, it was all just depressing.
Moderate: Ableism, Cursing, Body shaming, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Fatphobia
colinlievens's review
3.0
If it wasn’t for the fact that I’d borrowed the book from my boyfriend and she’s one of his absolute favourite writers, I’m not sure I would have bothered finishing this book.
Moderate: Sexual content, Cursing, and Death of parent
Minor: Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Infertility, Classism, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Ableism, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Terminal illness
I feel like with these content warnings I made this book sound horrific. Irby brushes over topics lightly and with self deprecating humour. She’s not shy about her sex life or her shitty childhood or both her parents being dead, but seeing as all the essays are essentially unrelated then you can just skip past any that might feel a little too close to the bone for you.sglance9's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Fatphobia, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death of parent, Body shaming, and Chronic illness
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Animal death
uranaishi's review
3.75
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Death of parent, Excrement, Physical abuse, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Ableism, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Classism, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Suicide, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Grief, Homophobia, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Dysphoria, Drug abuse, Racism, Body horror, Pregnancy, and Blood
bookish_purrsuits's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Excrement, Ableism, Body shaming, and Fatphobia
Moderate: Infertility, Child abuse, Animal death, Death of parent, and Classism
zoiejanelle's review
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent
Minor: Suicide attempt
ladythana's review
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent and Child abuse
Moderate: Body shaming, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Fatphobia, Mental illness, and Terminal illness
Minor: Chronic illness, Homophobia, Infertility, Racism, Grief, Medical content, and Lesbophobia
demo's review
3.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Excrement, Domestic abuse, Chronic illness, Racism, and Body shaming
Moderate: Death of parent, Fatphobia, Animal death, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Suicidal thoughts, Racial slurs, and Infertility
Minor: Vomit, Eating disorder, and Pedophilia
Lots of talk about dieting and restriction - proceed with cautionaaaaaaaaa's review
4.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Terminal illness, and Animal death
n0m_de_grr's review
2.0
Graphic: Abandonment
Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body shaming, Chronic illness, and Death of parent
Minor: Excrement, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Vomit