Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

All the Young Men by Ruth Coker Burks

7 reviews

_alias_ali's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death, Grief, Vomit, and Homophobia

Moderate: Pregnancy, Suicide, Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Racism, and Hate crime

Minor: Classism, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Cancer, Biphobia, Car accident, Body shaming, Bullying, Addiction, and Child death

shamelesslyash's review against another edition

challenging emotional

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Death, Medical content, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Domestic abuse, Blood, Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, Drug abuse, Car accident, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Murder, Outing, Fire/Fire injury, and Hate crime

lily_west's review

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

I devoured this book in a day, mostly so I could get all of the crying over with. The story is so sad and so necessary. Ruth Coker Burks writes in a way that is intriguing, enveloping, desperately sad, lighthearted when it's needed, and even funny. You get a sense of the real people behind her stories. The insight of a straight person into gay clubs and drag culture in the eighties and nineties is well done, too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Hate crime, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Dementia, Death, Homophobia, and Medical content

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Drug use and Addiction

questingnotcoasting's review

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

This is a fascinating and heart-breaking memoir. It's written in a conversational way which is very readable and really pulled me into the narrative. There were a few moments which felt like they'd been heightened for dramatic effect, like Ruth having a perfect comeback before leaving a room. However generally I thought the writing style worked well and the inclusion of so many personal anecdotes helped give a real sense of the people she knew. The subject matter makes it a tough read at times but her sense of humour also comes through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Death, Car accident, Grief, and Homophobia

Moderate: Addiction, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

bexh's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Violence

emmeline's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical content, and Suicide

tjthetd23's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

I cried at least once a chapter reading this book. The writing style is simple and informative; this isn’t prose, it’s a woman talking about her experiences and the people she loves. It’s deeply evocative. No matter how prepared you think you are to read about the AIDS crisis in the Deep South, you will find yourself infuriated by people’s cruelty. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Grief, Chronic illness, and Addiction