Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

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

5 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

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

remimicha's review

challenging emotional funny informative reflective tense medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

sabatheinkdrinker's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Suicide

nox's review

challenging dark emotional informative tense slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

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