So it started out really creepy, but then about quarter of the way through I almost DNF’d it.
Lots of good reviews on this book so I pushed through it, but it just wasn’t for me.
Thank you NetGalley, Macmillan audio, and Goodreads win for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I really wanted to like this one but it just did not do it for me. I loved the premise but the story was so confusing and the timeline wasn't very apparent. I spent more time trying to figure out what was going on and flipping through to see what was happening than I did reading/listening. I think with some more edits I wouldve liked this one, but unfortunately it was just not for me!

This was such a nuanced thriller horror... mystery? I find it hard to pinpoint the specific genre for this one, but what it for sure is is WEIRD (in a good way).

I so appreciate the chance to listen to Tell Me I'm Worthless; this is a truly challenging book to listen to and I consider the trigger warnings about mental health, fascism, self harm, and trans related identity trauma to be very important to consider (listening to a book like this is not easy despite how much I see value in the rawness and honesty in work like this).

This is a hard book to review as I wanted to if not enjoy it, appreciate it more. This is a tough one to listen to as I noted, it was I am sure intentionally jarring and unsettling, but at times it was also hard to follow. The writing , the setting of tone and mood and context, the development of story are strong; Alison Rumfitt is talented. For me though the focus and depth were in the wrong places, perhaps it was intentional but the characters who felt most oppressive, the themes hardest to listen to, were the ones that reflected outward the most developed plots and characters. This might have been intentional but it just did not work for me, perhaps partly as I wanted more from other parts of the story and partly simply that at times this was just a bit too hard to listen to. This means what I did not like does not mean this isn't a good book but simply missed the mark for what I prefer and seek in an audiobook. This might work better as a physical read and certainly is discussion worthy.

Sadly, not much in this book worked for me. I love out of the box writing and graphic horror. But I also need the story to be cohesive and this was not.

The writing is disjointed. The dialogue is cringe. And this book is graphic abuse from start to finish, almost exclusively of a sexual nature. It was far too much.

I am disturbed and very sad after reading this book. This is a true tale of trauma and honest. It is brutal.
I don't know how to feel about it. I think the house as a character is an interesting angle. I just didn't connect I guess with the evilness of the house.
I did not love or hate the characters. I just felt bad for all of them.
I want to go hug one of my trans friends for a while.

Oh the narrator was perfection. They could not have found someone better.

This is one of those books that I definitely should've looked up the trigger warnings to beforehand because I definitely am not in the mindset to be able to finish powering through this one.

I almost feel like this book was trying too hard to be smart, relevant, and make a statement. I like dark narratives, I like horror, and I like body horror, but this was maybe too dark for me. It seemed to imply that there was little hope for the trans population and TERF views would take over as the book itself made more space for those views.

holy shit. I love when horror transcends and breaks ground into different societal norms, shedding light onto oppressed groups in a respectful, yet truly horrifying manner. I am so thankful to Alison Rumfitt, Macmillan Audio, and NetGalley for granting me Advanced Listener Access to Tell Me I'm Worthless prior to its publication date of January 17, 2023.

What happens when three friends Alice, Ila, and Hannah stumble into an abandoned haunted house late at night? Nothing good, but in a more descriptive manner, only two of the friends leave there alive, but what they carry with them is more terrifying than death.

Returning to their normal lives, Alice and Ila attempt to navigate their social and professional lives as trans and queer women, and only find backlash, hate, and trauma in response, as the house begins to possess their experiences in a different way, but a marginally worsening way. Friendships get tarnished, reputations get soiled, and allegations get thrown around after the events of that late-night exploration turn around to bite them in the asses. The only thing left to do is to return to the house and hopefully right those wrongs, but the house harbors a type of hate that can't be ridden off through burning the remains. This hate lives on and is strong... which is SO symbolic in today's time for how society views Trans/LGBTQ people and the real-world references are way more horrifying than any demon-flooded home.