Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton

49 reviews

smolfrog's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Cancer, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, and Stalking

morag's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Drug use, Addiction, and Drug abuse

emireads's review

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Misogyny, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Suicide, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Addiction, and Sexism

meghanreads00's review

funny informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Death, Bullying, Alcoholism, and Addiction

misslyndsy's review

challenging funny reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Sexual assault, Animal death, and Rape

Minor: Excrement and Injury/Injury detail

jskreading's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Racism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, and Addiction

town_scar's review

challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Misogyny, and Mental illness

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

idesofmarch's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Sexism

Moderate: Rape, Addiction, and Mental illness

Minor: Infidelity, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Car accident

readersreadingnook's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Sexism, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, and Body shaming

Minor: Drug use and Addiction

foxreadsbooks's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This is a must read for any Canadian. Beaton graphically (in both senses) depicts life in the oil sands for a young woman, and for anyone who has lost a sense of community and must find a new family, or suffer isolation. The harsh reality of not only the working conditions, particularly in the winter, and the culture on site are eye opening, particularly from a female perspective. Unfortunately, while Beaton describes constant sexual harassment, and several disturbing instances of sexual abuse, pre the #metoo movement in the oil sand, this is reflective (perhaps not on the same level) of many working environment that can be best described as a 'boys club'. The gaslighting when she expressed discomfort or spoke out was infuriating for both the character and the reader, and is likely something many women can relate to. 

While this novel did touch on several of the environmental, and Indigenous issues related to the oil sands, I wish there had been more. Given the length of this novel, however, I understand why some of that was not as well explored, and appreciate the author's note at the end encouraging readers to learn more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Sexual violence