Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton

26 reviews

devynreadsnovels's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual harassment, Drug use, Sexual assault, Violence, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Car accident, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Bullying, Infidelity, Fatphobia, Grief, Stalking, Classism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, and Mental illness

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

TWO fade-to-black rape scenes.

bmahaffy's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

A astoundingly good book. I read this in two sittings - easier, I suppose in the graphic novel format. But you have to take a bit of time because there's a rich quality to the drawings that go well beyond the words on the pages.

The book is deep - a personal journey. The journey of a family. Cultural and economic drivers. Toxic masculinity but with a little bit of compassion for people who are doing what they have to do and are twisted by the experience. The grim reality of our extractive industries and their cost not just on the environment but on people.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, and Emotional abuse

jennyedit_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, and Misogyny

Moderate: Body shaming

Environmental degradation

kfergy's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

5.0

I'm from Alberta and have visited the oil sands/tar sands/bitumenous sands as part of a student delegation. This visit and keeping up with news scrapped the surface of the life and challenges covered by Beaton, so while I wasn't surprised by the stories, I was deeply interested and not disappointed. I hope others are able to access this wonderful work. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

Minor: Mental illness, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Drug use

clarabooksit's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Mental illness, Sexism, Rape, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Classism

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Racism, Stalking, and Suicide

kaitzeecee's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Colonisation, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Animal death, and Alcoholism

janenilsson24's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Addiction, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Car accident

ajaggers324's review against another edition

challenging informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Bullying, Sexism, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Colonisation, Death, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Addiction, Excrement, Alcoholism, Stalking, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, and Drug use

lizard800's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Rape, and Misogyny

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, and Drug abuse

emmaemooney's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

3.5

I did not like it as much as I hoped I would! At the beginning, I could see the potential for some really great weaving of interconnected themes, but it never really came together for me. There were also a lot of scenes/pages that seemed to be dropped out of nowhere, unrelated to the main/any plot, and tho I can appreciate a slice of life, in the context of this book I didn’t really understand why they were included. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Alcoholism and Drug use