Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls, by T Kira Madden

20 reviews

annabelle42688's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

So sad, but well writen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault

Forced Adoption

jmcampbell57's review

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death of parent, Vomit, Eating disorder, Bullying, Racism, Sexual content, Pedophilia, and Lesbophobia

leni's review against another edition

medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Drug abuse, and Addiction

Minor: Pedophilia

horizonous's review

challenging emotional sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Alcohol, and Death of parent

Moderate: Blood, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Injury/injury detail, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Homophobia

Minor: Child abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Racism, Sexual harassment, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide attempt

◦ Alcohol = inlc. underage drinking
◦ Sexual assault = especially in the chapter "The Feels of Love"

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

 - Am I the last queer person on earth to read LONG LIVE THE TRIBE OF FATHERLESS GIRLS? Maybe. Am I glad I finally did it? My goodness, yes.
- This book is incredible. Madden is detailing some horrific events, and yet this book is so tender, both toward her younger self and her family.
- At first I wasn't sure about the vignette style of storytelling, with all the jumping around in time. I'm glad I stuck with it, though, because the way Madden's story unwinds at the end of the book is spectacular. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Child abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Lesbophobia, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Fatphobia, Gore, Medical content, Pregnancy, Violence, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Car accident, Cursing, Ableism, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Misogyny, Homophobia, Injury/injury detail, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Vomit

betsygrace's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Biphobia, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Homophobia, Infertility, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Violence, Vomit, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

moongirlfriend's review

dark tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Sexual assault

Moderate: Drug use, Drug abuse, Lesbophobia, and Bullying

jackelz's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective

T Kira Madden was born to a single Chinese, Kānaka Maoli (Hawaiian) mother and a Jewish father who was married to someone else at the time. Even though her father divorced his first wife and married Madden's mother when the author was still quite young, he was absent from her life — hence the title, which also nods to the death of her father in early 2016. Both of Madden's parents were, in fact, absent in different ways throughout her youth, largely due to addiction. 

 

She stood out in her private school and was bullied for her appearance; she was the horse girl who had a back brace, headgear, braces; she was called "Kinky Chinky,” and she lived in extravagance with her designer shoe-brand name. 

 At times the stories seem random, and the book wasn’t formatted like a traditional memoir. There isn’t much of a lesson to learn from her experiences, but I understood her longing for connection. Her childhood was absolutely wild, and me being the same age as her, there was a lot that felt familiar. 

 

Madden holds nothing back in these pages. It's a story about trauma and forgiveness, reckoning with her queer and biracial identity, about families of blood and affinity. Part 3 was my favorite and I could read a book just about that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Alcoholism, Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, Rape, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Xenophobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Grief

ayannasarah's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

this is the book i’ve been waiting for my whole life

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

shewantsthediction's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Abortion and Pregnancy