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shay43geek's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Alcoholism, and Addiction
Moderate: Religious bigotry, Grief, Medical trauma, Genocide, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Self harm
hail_archangel's review
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Racism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Car accident, Colonisation, Death, Hate crime, Murder, Physical abuse, Addiction, Police brutality, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Violence, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Slavery, Xenophobia, and Racial slurs
Minor: Animal death and Animal cruelty
cassidy_rain's review
5.0
What an absolutely captivating story! I didn’t want to put it down.
Whiskey Tender is a stunning memoir that captures the author’s struggle to fit in. She’s torn between wanting to know more about her Native American family and traditions, while feeling pressured to assimilate into a different side of society.
I thought both the writing and storytelling were beautiful. I find that memoirs can sometimes be quite dry, but I never felt that way reading this. It did a wonderful job of balancing history with personal anecdotes and I learned a lot. I also loved the family photos sprinkled throughout.
There’s a lot of tragedy mentioned in the book, so I recommend checking content warnings, but I would highly recommend this to anyone.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Violence, and Racism
Moderate: Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, and Suicide attempt