Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

La cronología del agua by Lidia Yuknavitch, Rocío Gómez de los Riscos

14 reviews

noel_k's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Ableism, Alcohol, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Abortion, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Pregnancy

rhdj's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

2.0

 Appartiene a quel filone di letteratura femminile in cui si parla di corpi e sessualità in termini estremamente concreti, con un focus maniacale sugli umori, rumori e prodotti di scarto. Quasi sempre, nella mia esperienza, questo si traduce in un ripetersi infinito di termini quali piscia, vomito/vomitare, figa bagnata, scopare, schizzi, scoreggiare ecc… Sembra di leggere il diario di un bimbo delle scuole medie. Comprendo e condivido la necessità delle donne di riappropriarsi del proprio corpo e di parlare del proprio desiderio sessuale, ma in queste modalità a me suscita solo sbadigli e una punta di imbarazzo per l’autrice.
Autrice che è molto orgogliosa della sua scrittura lirica e sperimentale; che però evidentemente ha adoperato in altri libri, a meno che il bel vocabolario di cui sopra e qualche paragrafo senza punteggiatura siano da considerarsi scrittura lirica e/o sperimentale.

È un memoir, dunque non vorrei giudicare troppo i contenuti, ma una cosa mi sento di dirla: Yuknavitch mi sembra il tipo di persona che mi auguro di non incontrare mai nella vita. Non per quello che racconta in sé, ma per la sua totale mancanza di empatia e il suo rifiuto di prendersi la responsabilità delle proprie azioni. Non so che idea di sé volesse dare scrivendo questo libro, ma quello che ne ho tratto io è una conferma del fatto che la sofferenza non ti rende automaticamente una persona profonda o buona, né una brava autrice.
Unica nota positiva è che la parte iniziale sulla figlia e i momenti in cui ricorda l’ultimo saluto alla madre sono commoventi seppur sempre, beninteso, senza alcun valore letterario. Ho letto trafiletti che mi hanno suscitato la medesima reazione emotiva. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Abortion, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Racism, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Incest, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Terminal illness, Cursing, and Drug abuse

carlomartinez__'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child death, Domestic abuse, Dementia, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Miscarriage, Addiction, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Incest, and Cancer

halflingnana's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Miscarriage, Drug abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Sexual violence, Drug use, Death of parent, Addiction, and Abortion

designy808's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

i read this for class, and it legitimately had me rethinking every single book i have given five stars because i think this is now the only one. 

yuknavitch's memoir was unpredictable, traumatic, and reflective, all while being heartbreakingly poetic. 

i have no words. she made us feel her emotions. the graphic descriptions of her experiences, and the ways in which she self sabotaged as a result of her childhood trauma was surreal.

read this book, but please PLEASE be careful. it is very heavy and personally, i found it a little triggering. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Child abuse, Grief, and Addiction

Moderate: Rape, Mental illness, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, and Drug abuse

Minor: Suicide attempt and Cultural appropriation

antidietleah's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Vomit, Alcohol, Car accident, Cursing, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

iammmartina_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Violence, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Child death, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Vomit, Pregnancy, and Car accident

Minor: Abortion, Grief, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Outing, Terminal illness, and Cancer

abbylw's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcoholism

smallfet's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Child death, Car accident, Cancer, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Addiction, Abortion, Abandonment, Suicide attempt, and Miscarriage

brooklynbcobb's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Sexual violence