Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference, and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous by Jessica McDiarmid

13 reviews

tcsellman's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Colonisation, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Genocide, and Murder

Minor: Rape, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, and Addiction

ninjamuse's review against another edition

dark emotional informative slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death of parent, Classism, Sexual violence, Sexism, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Rape, Murder, Child abuse, Trafficking, and Addiction

caelysium's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Colonisation, Genocide, Violence, Racism, Sexism, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, and Addiction

Minor: Child abuse and Forced institutionalization

katiescott's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Death, Murder, and Racism

Moderate: Grief, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Drug use, and Addiction

atsundarsingh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad medium-paced

4.25

Compelling writing about one of Canada's most shameful contemporary issues regarding the treatment of Indigenous people and Indigenous women specifically. A call to arms, but in the manner of emphasizing the inhumane nature of ignoring this issue and failing to deal with it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Violence, Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Racism, Murder, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, and Colonisation

sarah984's review

challenging emotional medium-paced

3.0

I think that this is absolutely an important topic that needs to be spoken about more in Canada and British Columbia (especially since the government is still only kind of implementing the proposed changes piecemeal) but I was expecting more from this book. I found the organization of it a bit confusing since it jumps back and forth in time a lot, and I was expecting a stronger stance taken in the book itself based on the title. The actual book is more of a list of facts than an essay making a statement, and some questionable statements about the RCMP (that one officer saying he doesn't see colour was particularly egregious) are just stated with no clarification or authorial opinion attached.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, and Police brutality

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Medical content, Grief, Addiction, Child abuse, Colonisation, Murder, Racism, Rape, and Trafficking

Minor: Car accident, Forced institutionalization, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, and Suicide

laur_o's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Death, Genocide, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Misogyny, Murder, and Racism

pipn_t's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Murder, and Racism

Moderate: Violence and Alcoholism

Minor: Sexual assault and Addiction

haylethal's review against another edition

challenging dark informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Colonisation, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Murder, Police brutality, Sexual violence, Violence, Classism, Hate crime, Sexism, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Grief

miraclesnow's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, and Murder