Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Elissas: Three Girls, One Fate, and the Deadly Secrets of Suburbia by Samantha Leach

8 reviews

boxofrainreading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

The memoir parts of this were great, the inclusion of research sometimes felt forced or out of place.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria

mollywill's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Eating disorder and Emotional abuse

tothewest's review against another edition

sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Addiction and Death

thatgirlkev's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Self harm, and Grief

seyfert's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

allisonbrooke's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

smagzisreading's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Alcohol

sebrittainclark's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

3.5

Elissa, Alyssa, and Alissa all found their way into the Troubled Teen industry, and all three died less than ten years after graduating from their program. Leach uses first person accounts from friends and family to create a memoir of these young woman's lives, their time in the troubled teen industry, and how that industry left them with trauma and no ability to cope with the freedom adulthood provided. It was an interesting story that I couldn't put down.

Thanks to netgalley and the author for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Self harm, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Sexual assault

Minor: Cancer