Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain

10 reviews

sheriffrockyraccoon's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful informative lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

5.0

Who doesn’t spend every waking hour missing Anthony Bourdain? Couldn’t be me. As a fan of his show, I figured I should go back to what may be his most famous book and see where it all started.

I had so much fun reading about Bourdain’s experiences. As someone who has worked in hospitality for a fair share of sociopaths, it was really comforting and enlightening to see someone else both experience the behavior and understand it at the same time. Bourdain clearly loves what he does and doesn’t hide behind his celebrity status as he confronts past demons. He’s just that lovable!

I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys celebrity memoirs, Bourdain’s shows, French cooking, or just food in general. It was fun, relaxing, and easy to read- although he definitely jumped around at times (it fits the ambience of his kitchens, though).

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

These content warnings are relatively minor but frequent- he does not shy away from hypocrisy

youngluteplayer's review against another edition

dark funny reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

crssmith's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

kellyofcali's review against another edition

challenging dark funny informative inspiring tense medium-paced

4.0

I really enjoyed this book - it's interesting, while I was very aware OF Anthony Bourdain, I don't think I knew much about him, and this is very much him unfiltered (or feels that way) - which both makes you like him more, and less, and feel very sad for what eventually happened to him. It's both a great book for people who love food and restaurants and a terrible one, as it's very honest (and often gross) but the man just loves food.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Racism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

mandaraffe's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death and Racial slurs

Minor: Suicide

kumquats87's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative fast-paced

4.5

Reading this just reminded me of how much I miss his unique voice.

Also, don’t order the fish on Mondays.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Gaslighting, and Classism

Minor: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual content, Excrement, and Sexual harassment

lindsayerin's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Racism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexism, and Alcohol

champa_reads's review against another edition

fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Suicide, Blood, and Alcohol

boliverio's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexism, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual assault

kingweirdo's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, and Medical content

Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexism, and Suicide