Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Greenlights: L'arte di correre in discesa by Matthew McConaughey

15 reviews

caffeinatednymph's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Drug use and Sexual content

Minor: Child abuse and Sexual assault

melist6's review against another edition

funny reflective fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, and Death of parent

kelsie_reads_books's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

1.0

I was able to be on board with the book up until he described pursuing his now-wife. I was so disgusted by his smug and arrogant retelling of the way he aggressively ignored her boundaries, her “no”s,  and her requests to go home throughout their first 24 hours together that the rest of the book felt deeply gross. He literally tricks her into coming home with him, forces her to stay the night, tries to get into her room multiple times throughout the night, congratulates himself on still kissing her despite her attempts to avoid it, and brags about it all in his book. 

They’ve been married for 15+ years, so clearly it worked out for them, but his pride in how outright predatory and inappropriate his behavior was only serves to normalize some of the worst types of male entitlement.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Drug use, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

reads2cope's review against another edition

1.0

Wow I regret reading this. Read as an audiobook on a roadtrip at the request of the driver, but still. By the end, both of us agreed that if he'd dedicated the book to Jordan Peterson at the beginning rather than thanking him in the acknowledgements at the end, we could have saved our ears from a lot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

cayleybp's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use and Death of parent

savvyrosereads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

Rating: 5/5 stars

Thanks to my friend Hannah for buddy reading this one with me! It was a wild ride and definitely a phenomenal memoir, which Matthew performed SO WELL on audio. There is so much that I never knew about this man and his life/childhood, and even though I think I probably disagree with a lot of his political and other opinions, I REALLY enjoyed hearing his perspective. I honestly could have listened to this all day.

Highly recommend if you want a super entertaining memoir with a sprinkling of life advice. 

CW: Abuse (physical, sexual, abuse of children); drug use; death of parent

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault and Death of parent

Minor: Drug use

skyleetux's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Death of parent

lori_j's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use

sspeir's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug use, and Sexual content

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug use, Police brutality, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Violence