Reviews tagging 'Death'

Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines by Nic Sheff

6 reviews

jams_is_rad's review against another edition

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

5.0

A must read if you want to understand addiction and its power from the perspective of someone who's life has been ripped apart by addiction 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Grief, and Alcohol

andrea_lachance's review

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

2.0

Not for me

someone recommended this book so that I could understand them better. I was optimistic about Tweak because it has been on my radar and I've heard good things about it, so I got the push I needed to finally listen to it.

I...didn't enjoy this book. I think Nic Sheff does a great job capturing his authentic mindset, how his addiction impacted the way he thought and acted. It's like listening to his journal with his messy thoughts. That part I can appreciate. But overall, I didn't find it a pleasant listening experience (which I understand is "the point"). Nic was extremely privileged to have a safety net; an affluent family, white privilege that prevented him from getting arrested several times, and connections that got him jobs.

I thought the book would end around the halfway point, but then Nic relapsed and there were 6 more hours of the book left.

I'm not going to dunk on Nic Sheff as a person. This is his personal experience with drugs and addiction. what I will dunk on is the quality, pacing, and impact of the book on me - personally - as someone who has been directly impacted by living with an addict.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Toxic relationship, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Death, Fatphobia, Transphobia, and Vomit

tetedump's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

taylorgraves555's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, Vomit, and Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Sexual content, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

kather_doc's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity and Self harm

hannah_m_g's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

Bought this after reading Beautiful Boy (the companion memoir) not expecting to like it as much - I actually enjoyed it more. It's more fast-paced and less repetitive in comparison, reads more like a story, and offers the full picture of what actually happened with Nic. I don't know which I would suggest reading first - Beautiful Boy offers a lot of interesting facts and research into drug addiction and of course the devastating outside perspective of the parent. I would recommend Tweak if you're purely interested in the first-person perspective of addiction. Reading Tweak afterward definitely felt like filling in all of the gaps in David's story. I enjoyed both of them, but feel more connected with Nic's story, though I suspect that is an age/circumstance thing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Death, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail