Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father by Augusten Burroughs

2 reviews

ketamineio's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

this book made me want to throw up . it was like reading about my own dad. i hope Burroughs is doing far far better now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

_bxllxe_'s review against another edition

dark funny sad tense slow-paced

3.0

A father can be many different things. Doting. Deadbeat. Homicidal. The father in this book chilled me to the bone. Stephen King couldn’t write a better villain.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Gaslighting

Minor: Suicide attempt and Death of parent