Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

The Copenhagen Trilogy: Childhood; Youth; Dependency by Tove Ditlevsen

50 reviews

lagaialettrice's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Antisemitism, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, War, Abortion, Addiction, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, Alcohol, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

Minor: Incest and Misogyny

catherineelms's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Addiction

yilliun's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

Her ability as a poet shines through the pages. It’s tough to comprehend how this book only covers her life until she was in her early thirties. So much of her early childhood and teen angst felt so relevant to how I was at those same ages.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Infidelity, Addiction, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: War and Abortion

Minor: Classism

This book deals heavily with themes of addiction and drug abuse, especially once Carl enters the picture.

calistria's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Addiction, and Suicidal thoughts

helvinho's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

3.0

Pra ser honesto, não gostei. É uma biografia interessante por se tratar de uma trajetória excepcional, ascensão e queda. A infância é de uma pobreza e miséria absurdas ao ponto de, sem perceber, eu me tornar meio insensível, quase zangado para que algo interrompesse aquela sequência de tragédias. Tive a mesma vontade de que a fase da dependência acabasse logo e li suas cem páginas com pressa, mas não por impaciência. Aqui a narrativa aqui não tendia à monotonia, era angustiante, dolorosa, penosa. O final é abrupto e me deixou insatisfeito (juro que não porque ele não é feliz, mas também não me importo o suficiente para investigar o porquê). Uns 2/3 do livro, então, foram uma experiência ruim. Se posso dizer que curti algo foi a juventude, com Tove conquistando alguma independência pessoal e financeira, atravessando relacionamentos quebrados e empregos perdidos. Incrível que chegou no fim do livro e eu ainda não tinha me acostumado com a facilidade que eles admitiam ter amantes, começavam e terminavam relacionamentos. Enfim, no geral não gostei muito da escrita da autora e não fiquei com vontade de ler mais nada dela. É isso.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Addiction, and Drug abuse

okapipo's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Classism, Abortion, Domestic abuse, Cancer, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Medical content, Drug abuse, Addiction, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Terminal illness, and Pregnancy

dianahincureads's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

Dependency was hardcore.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Minor: Abortion

tinydumptruck's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

4.5

Tragic and hopeful, a lovely introspective memoir. A poet through and through

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Hitler and Nazis are mentioned multiple times and the author is politically neutral :/

kstolecki's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Drug use, Self harm, and Mental illness

vigilantesupreme's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Toxic relationship