Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Nowhere for Very Long: The Unexpected Road to an Unconventional Life by Brianna Madia

5 reviews

gh2mi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

An excellent memoir on two fronts: not only is it an inspiring and fascinating nonfiction, Madia's presentation heightens the book from being a great recollection to a story so excellently told that I would almost believe was fiction. Madia's storytelling capabilities are incredibly evocative (as I would hope from someone writing about their life). I listened to her transfixed as she hilariously, viscerally, and reflectively presented her life, jumping back to the past to present fascinating throughlines. The quality of this memoir makes the fact that it is nonfiction all the more amazing. I could not recommend this enough.

The author also narrates her memoir! I found she largely did a good job, and in some parts was downright great. I would recommend this audiobook! Hearing the person who wrote it kept me grounded in reality, making it all the more interesting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Grief, Abandonment, and Blood

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Mental illness

Minor: Drug use, Animal death, and Body horror

lyndis8377's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Alcoholism, and Animal death

Moderate: Vomit

jayricart's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Vomit, Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug use, Infidelity, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

whiskersfromwithin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Car accident, and Alcoholism

caitlinpfry's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

I have been following Bri on Instagram since 2017 and have read about her highs and her lows and the trolls in between.

I don’t read memoirs to confirm my own perspectives about a person. I read memoirs to put myself into that person’s shoes as much as a person can from a book. While in those shoes I am a witness to the relationships, the feelings, and the conflicts that individual has experienced. 

What makes this a 5 star memoir? Brianna is raw - she acknowledges her “tortured artist past” to show that she is growing, learning, healing, and loving instead of choosing to focus on her past persona. A memoir isn’t for the reader, it’s for the writer. This book is a love letter and a forgiveness to herself. Don’t we all deserve to give ourselves that?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Grief, Car accident, and Blood