Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

White Magic by Elissa Washuta

10 reviews

virginia_vex's review

challenging dark sad medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Colonisation, Physical abuse, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Rape, and Toxic relationship

monstrouscosmos's review against another edition

the early detailed descriptions of

rape and the aftermath

were especially difficult, but there are a lot of TWs even in the 5% I made I through. in reading other reviews that keeps up for the whole of the book, which I can't keep up with. the writing style is very much my vibe, and the author has a lot of interesting things to say! it's just too emotionally difficult of a text for me right now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Alcoholism, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Medical content, Sexual violence, Addiction, Medical trauma, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Colonisation, Racism, and Stalking

notallbooks_mp's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

Don’t listen to the audiobook. Read the words, the narrator is a terrible mismatch to the subject matter. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Colonisation, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Rape, Racism, Alcoholism, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Self harm, and Gaslighting

sarahaf712's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Colonisation, Abandonment, Stalking, and Grief

Minor: Genocide and Hate crime

twinkletoes21's review

it felt unfocused and extremely personal. I only read the first essay and there were good points. It’s just not for me   

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Mental illness

Moderate: Rape

viaviaggi's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Genocide, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Colonisation, Medical content, Cursing, Gaslighting, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Stalking, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

betsygrace's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

5.0

Very interesting chapter on Oregon Trail from an Indigenous perspective. I appreciate her thoughts on the term “white passing” and the cognitive dissonance this brings for many indigenous folks. 

I also had some small revelations about why silence in relationships can be triggering for me (because the author is an abusive relationship and her experience sounds somewhat similar to my previous relationship). 

The author also writes beautiful prose about her trauma, mental illness, colonization, and more. Her transparency is something beautiful. 

I also think this was more of a 4ish for me because I didn’t love the darkness the book brought for me personally— BUT. I can still appreciate a good piece of literature when I see one! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking

caseythereader's review

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Violence, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Sexual violence

corvicore's review

I have had nightmares three days in a row after reading this book so for my own sake I'm not finishing it. It's very well written and I'd like to finish it someday, but due to the heavy subjects I don't think I can continue reading this book right now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Rape, and Mental illness

Minor: Child abuse, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Genocide, and Sexual assault

wanderonwards's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Stalking