Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

My, dzieci z dworca ZOO by Christiane F.

64 reviews

hjp2345's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

A harrowing story of teenage addiction, had me invested in Christiane’s story the second I started to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

justmaria's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Drug abuse

majaadriana's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

ellaxo's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, Physical abuse, Addiction, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Suicide, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Medical content, Vomit, Sexual content, and Racial slurs

Minor: Rape

jackacj's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad fast-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, and Child abuse

Minor: Rape

strawberrykay's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Addiction, Death, and Drug abuse

nimbos's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

4.75

Maybe I was too young when I read this for the first time at the age of 12 while going through a very dark moment of my life. I remember not being able to finish it straight away, leaving the book aside for two weeks and then coming back to it. It was so graphically tragic that made my immature stomach turn, which might have been empathised by the fact that I was about the same age as the characters involved. Later, this book would mark me forever and would mold my taste for the twisted, self-flagellating side of humankind. It's an indispensable read in my opinion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pedophilia, Addiction, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Drug abuse

sina321's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Violence, Racial slurs, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Death, Abandonment, Addiction, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Alcohol

Minor: Torture, Homophobia, Cursing, Eating disorder, Sexism, Kidnapping, Vomit, Classism, Animal death, and Body shaming

tayichan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

4.25

I watched the movie going in blind and I was captivated by Christiane's story, though the movie does not really leave the ending clear, so when I found out it was based on a memoir I got it immediately. This book really made clear the struggles of a person addicted to heroin and the way that they wanted to quit but being unable to do so for so long. Christiane was a little annoying at times but I couldn't even begin imagining feeling the way that she did with her addiction. Definitely a must-read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Addiction, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Child death, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Pedophilia

Minor: Vomit and Trafficking

callmemortici3's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

It is my favourite book ever 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Addiction, Abandonment, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, and Vomit