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My Alcoholic Escape from Reality by Nagata Kabi

23 reviews

radikaliseradgroda's review

emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

4.0

Nagata Kabi's writing is comforting precisely because it is uncomfortable. She doesn't turn her lived experience into a digestable form. You worry about her as you're reading. It's very reassuring to see the less instagrammable aspects of mental health depicted so genuinely. Sometimes suffering doesn't come with a moral at the end and a happily ever after, and that's not something to be ashamed about.

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whiteflowerose's review

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dark emotional funny reflective fast-paced

5.0

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hidemybook's review

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emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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btw0825's review

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emotional funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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frozenheartv's review

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challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

3.75

3.75 stars

Writing this review was hard for me.

The manga was very light-hearted, fun to read but at the same time very painful, heartbreaking and sad. The author is very brave and honest to write all of this to the public. Kudos to that!

I understand that the author simply just want to tell her story in a light way so that it's not too hard to read. However, i feel alcohol addiction is a serious problem and shouldn't be taken so lightly, i wish that the author could add some more reflective thoughts on her issue because now, everything is a bit too light .

for a near-death experience

Moreover, there was a part about

after the re-lapse, sometimes the test results were a bit off as if the results and the acohol issue weren't related. It's very easy to think that alcohol didn't affect the health based on that

. I'm no expert, but just like weight, it could go down after eating a lot but it could also go up after eating just a little. Weight or any kind of measurements depends on multiple factors. To know for sure, we have to base our judgements on long-term results. Maybe the author should add more thoughts on that part to avoid some misleading information because this is a sensitive topic and there are many types of readers as well.

I wish i could give a higher rating because i like the book but i can't because it would be unfair to the other books i have rated.

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litematcha's review

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emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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asophia1014's review

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emotional lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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readingpicnic's review

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fast-paced

4.25

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beesbumblebooks's review

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challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective

3.0

As Kabi Nagatas autobiographical Mangas go, I really enjoyed reading it. I just feel relaxed, because there isn't necessarily a fast pace of everything happening, but there is a lot of emotional things to process. The topics are dark, the protagonist is constantly in a bad place mentally, but writes about it matter of factly, like it's just part of life. Her journey is soothing in that way, and makes me hopeful that negative situations are solvable, and can be a brutal way of showing you the truth about yourself. She isn't describing pain as good or necessary, but as a signal for change, and I really like that.

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magatsumandala's review

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challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

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