Excellent on audio. I was a little afraid that a memoir in the form of an advice column would feel a little too gimmicky, but John Paul Brammer is so clearly a master of the form that it instead feels surprisingly authentic and thoughtful. The book is a little uneven in tone, but such is life. He delves into the highs, lows, ridiculous hilarity, and excruciating pain of his formative years as a bullied, overweight, closeted gay Mexican-American in a small town in Oklahoma. And he examines his personal and professional life of simultaneously piecing together an understanding and expression of his sexuality and a self-supporting writing career. It's a quick read with an emotional and insightful impact.

Content notes: fatphobia, bullying, homophobia, racism, suicidal ideation and attempted suicide, disordered eating, descriptions of sex and pornography, nuanced sexual assault, toxic relationships, first-generation immigrant life

My thanks to Libro.fm for an audiobook ARC.