Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Mi amigo Dahmer by Derf Backderf

31 reviews

amarj33t_5ingh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

4.0

An insightful gaze into Dahmer's past to argue he wasn't born evil but made evil by his dysfunctional family. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

riddlemethis's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Alcoholism

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Murder

Minor: Cannibalism

lilybear3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.5

I appreciate the way Backderf tells this story and how his visuals help express the heavy emotions.  If you read the ebook, there are some deleted scenes and sketches that I found interesting.  I was also engrossed in the notes and notes on the Dahmer family in the back of the book.  I am interested in the 2017 movie adaptation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

pastel_princess's review against another edition

dark informative fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Bullying

mermaidsherbet's review against another edition

dark informative slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Bullying, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Gore, and Murder

lillian08's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

kashby's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Drug use, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

msradiosilence's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

1.5

I was really expecting more. An insight into his background would’ve been interesting, but not this apologetic work. I understand it’s a memoir, and cheers to Backderf for finding it in his heart to feel sympathy for Dahmer, but you won’t find any from me, and it makes me a little sick that Backderf tried to explain that Dahmer’s issues were a result of a bad home life, intrusive thoughts, bullying, and the like. Plenty of other people have had one of more of those things happen and didn’t stalk and murder other people. This books reads a lot like the news reports of (TW!!)

school shootings,

where they try to make it out like the perpetrator was also a victim, but like I said, there are people who are going through the same things, or worse, and aren’t unaliving other people.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Murder, and Alcohol

flamesocks's review against another edition

dark informative sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Cannibalism, and Murder

Minor: Ableism

rchains's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder