CW: Emotional abuse, child abuse, eating disorder, alcoholism, parental death
Rating
No rating as it’s a memoir
- Was I angry while reading the book? Yes! The way her mother treated her was awful, but she talked about it with an acceptance that allowed her to sometimes have a humorous tone. Even if she still may have some element of her life to make peace with, she is resilient, which is a good thing to see happening.
- The relationship with her mom and its consequences was sometimes hard to read. To tell the truth, I started to read this book when it came out, but as my mental health wasn’t good, I stopped reading it and made a light DNF as I knew I needed to read this book. The central part of the book is about this relationship and how it forged her as a child, as a lot happened to her, but for her, it was normal. In the second part, we see how she lives with the consequences of this toxic relationship as an adult without having this relationship anymore. This part was like a journey to discover who she is, which was very interesting as it isn’t easy to describe the traumas you lived through as a child but also accept it as it is.
- I like how she talks about her mental health and the way she decided to cope with it. She doesn’t sugarcoat it, the struggle with it, the acceptance, the daily life, the consequence, the psychological side. Nothing is left out, and I found it very refreshing I think it can help people even if everyone have a different path with those struggle.
- The truth is that I really liked how she describes the double side of healing the abuse she dealt with when she was younger.
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