Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Go Ask Alice by Anonymous

12 reviews

spicychicknnugget's review against another edition

challenging fast-paced

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

Really felt something when I thought it was a true story. Felt more angry when I realized it was made up and total propaganda to stigmatize already marginalized populations

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

azkollath's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.75

a really tough read just because of how sad it was but so incredibly good. a first hand account of addiction in a way i haven’t seen portrayed before, and so heartbreaking 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, and Blood

Minor: Child death and Death

catell's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

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

softlysoph's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol

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

chemical_crash's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

addyson_raelynn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I don’t really have a lot of words to describe my thoughts on this book yet. But I did thoroughly enjoy my time reading it. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion

quills4days's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Biphobia, Child death, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Incest, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Alcohol, and War

vixenreader's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

1.5

The text is not an authentic text. It is written by someone who has no idea what real addiction looks like. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

If you have ever struggled with addiction, pick another book to read. Pick one that captures addiction in a compassionate way.