Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

Go Ask Alice by Anonymous

43 reviews

kconnorz's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Drug use, Eating disorder, Rape, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

novacoconut's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I have so many mixed feelings about this book. On one hand, I loved it. It pulled me in and I couldn’t wait to see what would happen next, and whether she would get her life together. And it was great until the Epilogue. However, I also hated it…some parts were clearly not written by a young girl in her teens, and it took away from the authenticity of the diary. I also didn’t like the way the epilogue ended the book. If left too many questions but not in a cliffhanger type of way, but in a confusing what the heck just happened type of way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Rape

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Child death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

krimor's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, and Grief

razzyreads's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Sexism, Car accident, and Abandonment

fabyio's review against another edition

sad tense fast-paced

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

2.5

It's Mormon propaganda. The portraying of the characters and situations are borderline funny if you've actually experience or awareness of real life addiction and homelessness. Homophobic, fatphobic and all the fun things we can expect from a 70s propaganda book.

With this in mind, you can read it as a piece of fiction from its time and it's bearable. Finished in a couple days and cracked up at the ending. I'd call it camp-ish.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

All is wrong but it's funny to me.

jessicabarry91's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

echo_08's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, and Alcohol

Moderate: Eating disorder and Sexual assault

_quinnsreads's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

3.0

For a minute I thought this book/diary was written by a real person. I'm glad it's just fiction because the epilogue was just sad.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Eating disorder and Sexual content

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

sina4books's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, and Rape

lildookz's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Abandonment