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Na głodzie. Moja historia walki z nałogiem by Nic Sheff

19 reviews

jenntucci2's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

2.5

I admire how raw and honest Nic is; however, the writing is simplistic and immature. There are some times when over shares intimate details which are intended to be raunchy but are just overly graphic instead. Could have left those details out of the book entirely.

He writes like a child. simple sentences; nothing complex. Very repetitive, feelings and thoughts are partially investigated. This book is a dragged on and is unedited use of 300+ pages which could have been shortened into a more impactful piece. 

The celebrity name dropping is also ridiculous. It’s obvious we’re supposed to think Nic is cool with all these connections; but it’s just cringe.

I do, however, appreciate Nic’s honesty. He explores these feelings of needing to be accepted by others and the justification of his self-destruction when he cannot achieve these goals of being better than everyone else. I really appreciated this exploration as it applies to everyone. The emphasis on mental health was also enjoyed, thought it could have been explored more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Medical content

jams_is_rad's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

A must read if you want to understand addiction and its power from the perspective of someone who's life has been ripped apart by addiction 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Grief, and Alcohol

tetedump's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

bellalang's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

addyson_raelynn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

I could not set this book down. I started it on a whim one night and finished it two days later. I read Beautiful Boy a couple years ago and absolutely loved it, and I feel the same about this book. My dad was an addict off and on from high school to his 30’s (I think?). He’s been clean and sober for many years now and I’m so proud of him, but since knowing and seeing his history, I have alway been curious and leaned toward reading books and consuming media about addiction. Tweak is hard to read. I think if you or someone you know has struggled with addiction, you can’t help but think about them when you’re reading stuff like this. But even still, this is genuinely one of the best memoirs I’ve ever read. It’s so deeply honest. Nic is a phenomenal writer and artist. I admire him for telling his story without holding back. 
This is a long winded review, but this book is worth your time, if you’ve thought about picking it up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content and Vomit

taylorgraves555's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, Vomit, and Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Sexual content, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

thatchickengirl23's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Blood, and Alcohol

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical content

jessica_luvs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

joharrismay's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

Nic Sheff is an amazing writer. I enjoyed his book and his fathers very much. Obviously they were hard to read knowing that happened to real life people. I wish they didn’t make this into a movie because people forget that Nic and David are actual people and they went through so much. This book did not hold back anything. It had so many difficult parts. This story is raw, emotional, tense, but also hopeful in a way. I recommend reading both books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical trauma

amize123's review against another edition

reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

very well written, sad story but is a great read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Vomit