Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

The Book of Mother, by Violaine Huisman

6 reviews

candournat's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Infertility, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Death, Blood, Incest, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Eating disorder, Drug use, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Abortion, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Classism, Antisemitism, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Infidelity, Death of parent, Suicide, and Sexual violence

Minor: Xenophobia, Adult/minor relationship, and Vomit

rcsreads's review

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.25

"The truth of a life is the fiction that sustains it."
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 At a mere 211 pages this somehow managed to feel like the longest book ever written. It was so incredibly repetitive and I was sick to death of hearing how rich daddy was! The characters despite being based on real people were incredibly one dimensional and impossible to care about. By the end I was skimming just to get it over with, if it had been any longer it would have been a DNF. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Grief, Incest, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abortion, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

_chonklord_'s review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Forced institutionalization, Pedophilia, Addiction, Eating disorder, Suicide, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Suicide

annecharlotte_reads's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

4.0

La première chose à dire c'est que Violaine Huisman a une très belle plume et impose d'emblée, avec cette première autofiction, un nom et une identité forte. Je me suis trouvée immédiatement happée par l'étourdissante force de son amour pour une mère aimante, abusive, sublime et profondément malade. Deux parties à la première personne encadrent un récit à la fois empathique et distancié, à la troisième personne, qui constitue la véritable lettre d'amour à sa mère. Elle lui rend en effet ce qu'elle a toujours réclamé, sa pleine individualité de femme. Il y a quelque chose d'incestueux, comme elle le suggère plus loin, dans cette écriture qui restaure la mère disparue dans sa chair et la violence de ses peines et de ses désirs. Il y a une forme de violence aussi, consciente, dans sa façon de se glisser ainsi dans la peau de la fugitive pour la coucher une fois pour toutes sur le papier, fixer le récit de sa vie que la mère avait échoué, nous dit Violaine Huisman, à formuler de manière définitive. En émerge une autrice-narratrice à jamais marquée par la passion/violence dévorante de sa mère, consciente de son impact et défiant malgré tout la lectrice : oui, elle était terrible, oui j'ai souffert, mais garde à qui oserait ternir sa mémoire, dont je me suis fait la gardienne. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Suicide, Medical trauma, and Mental illness

abbie_'s review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Car accident, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Abortion, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Suicide

emilyacres's review

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Car accident, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Rape, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Sexual content, Biphobia, Incest, Suicide, Animal death, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Emotional abuse