Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King

18 reviews

wyabook234's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent

inkwellimps's review against another edition

informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

I'm not normally interested in memoirs, but the curriculum vitae section of On Writing is a must read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction

orimega's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

5.0

I laughed, I cried, and I learned a few things

Highly recommend if you are a fan of King, memoirs, or an aspiring writing

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

The audio version contains extras that are worth a listen.

jessmason's review against another edition

challenging funny informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Vomit, and Medical content

thebibutterfly's review against another edition

funny informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

Roughly 1/3 of this book is useful, helpful advice. 1/3 is entertaining commentary and applicable anecdotes. 1/3 is largely memoir. Overall, very helpful and an interesting perspective! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Medical content and Medical trauma

Minor: Blood, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

carmina_r's review against another edition

funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Injury/Injury detail

heathersinkwell's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

If you want to write, read this book. It's probably one of the most valuable books you'll read on the subject. King is entertaining, down to earth, and realistic with his advice. It was also neat to learn more about him and his life!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer and Death of parent

King talks about his period of alcohol and drug addiction. He doesn't get too graphic about it and it's a relatively short part of the book. He also mentions cancer briefly within his memoir. He also details his near-death experience from being hit by a van. King does not get too gorey with the subject, but there is detail.

bookishlittleme's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.5

All I can say is that I'm so glad he wrote this book. The section of the book focused on his life was extremely interesting and the actually lessons on writing were extremely insightful. There are so many memorable and meaningful quotes that are going to stick with me in my writing endeavours. A must read for anyone looking to get into or better their writing!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Car accident

Moderate: Racial slurs and Medical content

annabel_english's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Alcoholism

stargirlmolly's review against another edition

informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail