Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Updated Edition) by Anthony Bourdain

7 reviews

abeplaut's review against another edition

funny informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

Revealing look at what the life was like for the Chef. The audiobook (read by the author) felt deeply personal. And somewhat sad as Bourdaine describes suicidal thoughts and substance abuse. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

anna_luvs_cheez's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Vomit, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, and Addiction

Great book, audio book is great, can get a little graphic at times with kitchen injuries

kimveach's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny informative reflective tense medium-paced

2.5

My son, a bartender, wanted me to read this.  I was not an Anthony Bourdain fan, having never read any of his books, nor watched his shows.  This book didn't make me a fan, either.  

I think I would have liked it if I'd read it in the early 2000s when it was first published.  As a forty-something person, I would have enjoyed this book's rough, vulgar, stream-of-consciousness.  But reading it in 2023 was a different experience.  I found the repeated descriptions of substance abuse, criminal activity, and swearing tiring and boring.  

The book's best parts were the detailed descriptions of what it takes to manage and run a restaurant and the incredible skill and timing of the people working on the line.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Self harm, Violence, Drug use, Sexism, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Cursing, Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Sexual harassment, Suicide, and Vomit

crssmith's review

adventurous dark funny informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

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

kellyofcali's review

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

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

boliverio's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Violence, and Cursing

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

Minor: Sexual assault

mandkips's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, and Suicidal thoughts