Reviews tagging 'Grief'

A Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown

6 reviews

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

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

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

tiffsbookjourney's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring slow-paced

5.0

This memoir was full of emotion, hope and truth. Some parts were very intense and others were just downright terrible to read. But this book is incredible! Cupcake's story is so inspirational her journey through trauma, addiction, recovery and finding her higher power are a book I would recommend to anyone!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Racism, Rape, Grief, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Alcohol, Gun violence, Murder, Death, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Abortion, Alcoholism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

enbybooklove's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring fast-paced

4.75

+5 for readability and entertainment. Possibly glamorizes/simplifies gang life and the process of getting out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Rape, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Abortion