Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Punch Me Up to the Gods: A Memoir by Brian Broome

16 reviews

coatpocketcreature's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Addiction, and Racism

remimicha's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cursing, Death of parent, Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Drug use, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

caitlancole's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

The heaviest, rawest memoir I’ve ever read — and I think the most important. The audiobook was exquisitely done and moved me to tears. I am in awe of Brian Broome. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Addiction, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Homophobia, and Drug use

honeyvoiced's review

dark reflective sad

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Homophobia, Racism, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Sexual content and Racial slurs

Minor: Death of parent and Fatphobia

planning2read's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Drug abuse, Racism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Racial slurs

eshafe41's review

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

nadia's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

This was a really powerful memoir and I especially recommend the audiobook, read by Broome himself. Broome vividly portrayed the harsh struggles around growing up as a black boy in America, and one who knows he is different in more ways than one, not fitting in to the role society expects him to play. 

I particularly appreciated the discussion around black parenting and how the way love and care is demonstrated may manifest itself in different, seemingly strange and punishing, ways, born out of a necessity to survive in a country that doesn't want to accept you.

Perfect for lovers of memoirs that explore themes of identity, sexuality, race in America, masculinity, addiction, motherhood, and fatherhood, the latter especially in black families!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Drug use, Racism, and Addiction

lpfoley's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

Broome’s writing is visceral. Each vulnerable story he shares about his childhood, his relationship with his father, his relationship with his mother, his addiction, his shame around not fitting into the mold of masculinity that was prescribed to him — each damn story — is told absolutely dripping in truth and emotion. It’s such an honest peek into a beautiful human spirit. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content, Addiction, Racial slurs, Racism, and Homophobia

parasolcrafter's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Racism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Sexual content, and Suicide attempt

mihrreader's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

Beautifully written, deeply insightful, definitely worth the read. Heavy at parts.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Racism