Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

A Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown

20 reviews

rjohnson0583's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Addiction

lmc_phd's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Drug abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Sexual assault

browngirlty's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

jaimeburley's review

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Addiction, Body shaming, Death, Alcoholism, and Pedophilia

sjexley's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

A million trigger warnings for this book, but also a million reasons to read it. Cupcake loses her mom at 11, and her world gets turned upside down. She spends her childhood and young adulthood in foster care, living on the streets and becoming heavily addicted to drugs and alcohol. Her story is one of perseverance, faith and second chances. I listened to this on audio and highly recommend bc even through all the trauma, I found myself laughing along with Cup's wittiness.  My book club really loved this one (maybe our highest rated book yet!) and we had a great discussion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Abortion, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Addiction, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts

tatwyd's review

Wonderful book and empowering memoir-- I just couldn't finish it due to my deteriorating mental health. I wish I would've read the content warnings before starting. Pls take care of yourself and search up the content warnings before reading 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Abortion, Hate crime, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Incest, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Racism, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Miscarriage, Rape, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, Addiction, Violence, Sexual content, Racial slurs, Trafficking, Suicide, and Self harm

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

caitlyn_rehs's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Drug abuse, Rape, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug use, Violence, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Abandonment, and Sexual violence

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