Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

What It Feels Like for a Girl by Paris Lees

4 reviews

_jenwilbur's review

emotional funny medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcohol, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Adult/minor relationship, and Drug use

Moderate: Addiction, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gun violence, Transphobia, Terminal illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Hate crime, Grief, Sexual content, Racial slurs, and Mental illness

questingnotcoasting's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

4.0

This is a fascinating memoir. I listened to the audiobook which I think was the best way for me to absorb the story, because it's written in a Hucknall dialect and I think I might have struggled with it on the page. However it was really immersive to listen to and Lees' narration is brilliant. It felt more like a novel because it's told from Lees' point of view at the time, rather than her looking back and reflecting on her teenage years as an adult. It finishes as she starts university but I heard her on a podcast talking about writing more memoirs which I'd definitely pick up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Child abuse, Homophobia, and Transphobia

Moderate: Terminal illness, Death, and Death of parent

ladymirtazapine's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Excrement, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Violence, Transphobia, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

Minor: Animal cruelty

deesquared's review

challenging emotional funny inspiring

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Transphobia, and Violence