Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Go Ask Alice by Anonymous

27 reviews

whiterabbitslibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

2.5

As a book this wasn't great, but when you take into account the history and mythos surrounding it it's quite intriguing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Homophobia

sweetchocolatez's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

_readrateandrepeat's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Rape, and Forced institutionalization

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.

gavinneedham's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

1.75

Don’t read this book, it is not good. This is 200 pages of conservative puritanical backlash to the hippies. How they ever got away with marketing this as nonfiction I don’t know. The plot is so badly devised and unrealistic. The narrator is one of the most annoying in fiction.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Ableism, Homophobia, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, and Injury/Injury detail

Read at your own risk. Problematic in every sense of the word.

anniija's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Pregnancy

aprillikestoread's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

I have to give this book such respect. It’s somebodies diary, it’s somebodies life. I feel I have no choice to go read it with respect, sympathy, and give it 5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Rape, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Eating disorder, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Minor: Fatphobia and Homophobia

caties_books's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

2.0

It took me soooo long to get through this book because I just kept cringing. Every single heavy-handed remark made me close the book. How on earth did people think this was anything other than a Christian trying to convince people that sex, drugs, and gay people are the worst things to ever happen to humanity? The only reason I gave it an extra star is that occasionally, when viewed strictly as fiction, it kept my attention in short bursts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

bethread's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Classism