Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance

18 reviews

graycewith1y's review

informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Minor: War

dcm7918's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Ableism and Suicidal thoughts

iamahmedkhalifa's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

isleoflinds's review against another edition

1.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Classism

angelasosh's review

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

2.0

I didn’t know who J.D. Vance was before I started this book and had I known, I would’ve been more hesitant to listen to it. I listened to this as an audiobook and don’t think I would’ve been able to read a physical copy of it as I don’t believe the writing was all that fantastic. As a memoir of his childhood, the book is fine. But I personally felt his analysis of a culture in crisis was lacking; it felt kind of vague to me and i don’t feel he addressed the core of why some Appalachian families struggle the way they do. He analyzed his specific family but missed the mark on the culture as a whole. I won’t argue that his childhood wasn’t difficult, but I do feel he failed to acknowledge some of the privileges that did work to his advantage. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

lpswims's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child abuse and Physical abuse

judereadsalot's review against another edition

sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

noshelf_control's review against another edition

dark funny reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, and Grief