Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea by Masaji Ishikawa

6 reviews

meaganb914's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Animal death, Alcohol, Child death, Violence, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Self harm, Blood, Death, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Grief, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Classism, Cannibalism, Police brutality, and Fire/Fire injury

erco's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

As someone who lives in a post-communist country, I found this book fascinating. It masterfully weaves a narrative that is both eerily similar and yet distant, evoking memories of my parents' stories of living under communism.

Its ability to depict the human experience with such depth and authenticity makes it a great read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism and Suicidal thoughts

sas_ram's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

Review will follow soon

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Confinement, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Suicide attempt

ravenwolf_waf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child death, Violence, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Death, Classism, Suicide attempt, Racism, Police brutality, Grief, Domestic abuse, and Deportation

Minor: Cannibalism and Torture

mandkips's review

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Blood, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Alcoholism and Police brutality

marenk's review

dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Pregnancy, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Suicide attempt