Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction by Jarrett J. Krosoczka

4 reviews

mandi4886's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Abandonment, Addiction, Bullying, Drug use, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Child abuse, Sexism, and Emotional abuse

broderick's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Grief, Cursing, Drug abuse, and Mental illness

temporarilyhuman's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

The author's note at the end is a must read. There more than anywhere else in the book we see the author's growth and understanding, especially in regards to his mother. 

The inclusion of photos of actual letter and drawings gives this book a little something extra that helps it hit home. I think it was a very good choice to include them. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Abandonment, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Minor: Pregnancy, Violence, Dementia, Grief, Classism, Mental illness, Death of parent, Miscarriage, and Murder

therainbowshelf's review against another edition

emotional tense slow-paced

5.0

Jarrett shares his experiences growing up with his grandparents after his mom lost herself in drugs and prison. This memoir recountd his childhood and takes a hard look at the complex emotions that he faced. I listened to the audiobook for a while before I realized it was a graphic novel and then I started reading them side by side. The audio naration adds so much to this book, otherwise I might have given this 4 stars instead. It's also fun that he got his whole family (and several teachers) involved in the audiobook! 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Grief, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Miscarriage and Violence

Minor: Death of parent

familial abandonment, absent parent, parent in jail, trauma, emotionally distant caretakers, rejection of a teen who is pregnant, toxic parent-child relationships, a man abandoned a woman he got pregnant