Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

A Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown

7 reviews

pazthebookaholic's review

challenging emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Child death, Rape, Abortion, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Classism, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Drug use, Grief, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Pedophilia, and Physical abuse

mmhender2's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

This memoir is raw, heartbreaking, inspiring, and at times hilarious. Cupcake's journey reveals many of the flaws in the family court system and foster care system of the 70s, of which I'm sure many remain today. Her story should make us all pause when we see people who are addicted to alcohol and drugs because we don't know their whole story. She discusses themes of trauma, avoiding emotions, chosen family, self-love, and forgiveness. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Addiction, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

coldintro's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Abortion, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Addiction, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Trafficking, Emotional abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

nahtassja's review

5.0

Can't believe this is one person's life. Incredible memoir. Reads like a fiction. Still thinking about her life story months later. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, and Rape

carissa230's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

 Cupcake Brown is so raw and real in this book. She told every little detail of the life that she lived and the things that she did. The good, the bad, the horrible, it was all in there. There were parts in this book that were so crazy to me that it seemed like fiction.

As a person that loves someone that is an addict this book is hearbreaking. It is also a survival story. A story of someone that overcame all odds.

If you haven't already, and can deal with all the triggers, READ THIS BOOK. But there are triggers for almost everything you can think of. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Grief, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Cursing, Classism, Drug use, Drug abuse, Abortion, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Alcoholism, and Adult/minor relationship

achedester's review

emotional funny inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Bullying, Abortion, Pedophilia, Grief, Blood, Alcoholism, Addiction, Miscarriage, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, and Deadnaming

book1hoarder's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring sad tense slow-paced

5.0

I had this book for a while but never finished it  but because I had this one in audio form I decided to try and I loved it. I love the voice of the person they choose to read the story and I liked the journey of going through the authors life with them. And this was just the book I needed before going to college because just as cupcake didn’t give up I won’t either. 10/10 book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Abortion, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death of parent, Abortion, and Suicidal thoughts