Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Hollywood Park: A Memoir by Mikel Jollett

4 reviews

jenigmatic's review

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Grief, Mental illness, Abandonment, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Emotional abuse

lexa's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

5.0

I don’t really want to say I loved this memoir because oof it was a heartbreaking one. But it was a well written story of tragedy, loss, triumph and love. Audiobook was fantastic, including music by The Airborne Toxic Event. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Drug abuse, Drug use, Vomit, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, Body shaming, Physical abuse, and Violence

Minor: Racism

gabrielab's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Vomit, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Violence, Alcohol, Animal death, Body shaming, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

obrooke1's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Gaslighting

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Child abuse, Bullying, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Minor: Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Antisemitism