Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

You'd Be Home Now by Kathleen Glasgow

14 reviews

nara_knl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

”This need to get lost in something other than yourself. Lose yourself. Erase yourself. So that none of your awful, wrong self remains, not one blessed thing“
I know this book is mainly about addiction. But Kathleen Glasgow portraits the need to lose yourself in someone else so beautifully. I have never heard someone get that! I do this… Like a lot… and I so get Emmy…
 
But now speaking of the book!
Another Masterpiece, my personal second favorite glasgow book!!
The struggle of addiction, no matter what kind, is a life long process, fight and “struggle”! What I love about these books ist that they’re brutally honest! No need to glorify, romanticise or talk things down! Life is brutal! 
Yet these books have something so wonderful and beautiful about them! They seem fragile and I always get the need to protect everyone in the books…
I don’t know how to say it, but I wouldn’t be the version of myself that I am rn without these books! 
forever grateful <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Car accident, Mental illness, Death, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Grief, and Toxic friendship

spookyllamas's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Alcoholism

ifwyshay's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

this book really covers what it’s like to have a sibling with a drug addiction. so incredibly sad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Car accident, Child death, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Addiction, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, and Body horror

asspen's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, Drug use, Grief, Suicide, and Chronic illness

cloud_animals's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Child death, and Suicide

britt_zonnebloempit's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Mental illness

victoria_elaine's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

wth. I have NEVER read the author’s note or acknowledgements for a book, but I did for this one. This was so utterly heartbreaking and inspiring all at once, and tears were def present lol. I need to go recover now. This is such a deep and REAL story of addiction, heartache, and the lows of life. It’s not going to be fun or lighthearted, but it’s the cold hard truth to so many people’s lives and is SO eye opening. I’m shook 100/10 recommend 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Car accident, Bullying, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Alcoholism

thiasgomez's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Death, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Grief, Car accident, Sexual content, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Bullying

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Rape, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Cancer, and Pedophilia

romajstorovic's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

When I finished this book I cried for nearly twenty minutes. I’d already been crying for a long time before that. This book hits incredibly close to home and managed to smack you right in the face with such incredible realism and emotion. Almost everything Joey and Emmy said and thought - throughout the book, yes, but particularly right at the very end - struck such a note with me. I fell in love with Joey almost instantly because he was like me. He was messed up and unsure of how to help himself, and this was shown in such a real and honest way that I couldn’t help but love him. Emmy, too; the way she’s desperate to help her brother despite the fact that there’s really nothing she can do is so raw and painful. Absolutely incredible, and a book I will be pushing onto as many people as I physically can.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Grief, Car accident, and Addiction

Moderate: Sexual violence

Minor: Suicide, Self harm, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical content

addidason's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Addiction, Mental illness, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Car accident

Minor: Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Terminal illness, Suicide, and Self harm