Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Down the Drain by Julia Fox

6 reviews

dxr's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark funny reflective sad fast-paced

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Insane and wild. I will find an applicable lesson in there after some self-reflection. But one thing is obvious: that Julia Fox is a clever writer.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Blood

Minor: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic

gxuosi's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark reflective sad fast-paced

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julia's life is quite literally unfathomable. the idea that she's alive today after all of this astounds me. and for her to be reduced to nothing more than trendsetter hardly encompasses who she is as a person and creative force. it's genuinely hard to believe all of this could be true and for her to be so well adjusted now; especially unbelievable that she remembers so many of these convos and dialogues with this much clarity after that many narcotics. i have no doubt that she's filled in the gaps with approximations and paraphrasing—none of which i hold against her. her story is fraught from the start with drugs, domestic violence, sexual exploitation, entrapment, manic depressive spirals, and death. i'd advise any reader to read acomprehensive trigger warning list before going into this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment

Minor: Cancer, Eating disorder, Terminal illness, Excrement, Pandemic/Epidemic

juliebergmann's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark inspiring sad fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Excrement, Grief, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Alcohol

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Islamophobia, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Car accident, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment

Minor: Confinement, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Abortion, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Deportation, Pandemic/Epidemic

emjbarnes's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark reflective fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Suicide, Medical content, Car accident, Abortion, Gaslighting, Classism

Minor: Gun violence

sorcha's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Blood, Abortion, Pregnancy, Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Deportation, Pandemic/Epidemic

oliviaemily's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Abortion, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Car accident, Gaslighting, Pandemic/Epidemic