Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction by David Sheff

6 reviews

jazlynenns's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

In this memoir, David goes in depth about his obsession with his son’s addiction, as he tries to understand what went ‘wrong’ and searches for a cure. The writing is very vulnerable and real and does not attempt to conceal the worry, frustration, helplessness, and guilt felt by David as he watches his son’s downward spiral from the sidelines. This book details the cyclical motion of addiction, from using to recovery and back again, and how this disease strains relationships, families, and parents.

The only reason I didn’t rate this 5 stars is because it was long and often repetitive. I do think the author was conveying how he felt through his son’s relapses, and included these moments of reflecting and restarting to include these very real experiences with addiction. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Grief, and Medical trauma

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, and Child death

natalie75's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death and Cursing

thatchickengirl23's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Alcoholism, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death and Infidelity

anton13's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

To say that I cried is an understatement. This book hits close to home and I’m glad I read it. Honestly I think I should’ve read it sooner. It’s a heartbreaking story that sadly so many people can relate to. Hearing how David took on all that emotion and how he put it as his responsibility to get his son sober, I understood and then seeing him let go more idk how to explain how that felt but I just understand this book and yeah. I think no matter what your background is this is a book everyone should read. But beware cause it’s an emotional roller coaster 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

reemoony's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

in one part, he says that nic would watch movies like requiem for a dream, movies that are supposed to dissuade you from drugs, and he would want to get high. i have never in my life related to anything more. i always thought something was wrong with me, and maybe it is, but this book helps. it shows the real story, not a hollywood version. it shows how much they love nic, but couldn’t stand him. they love him more than anything and it ruined them for years. i love this book more than anything.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, and Alcohol

caity_'s review

dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Medical content, and Grief

Minor: Animal death