Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Heart Berries: A Memoir by Terese Marie Mailhot

68 reviews

malgal471's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, and Sexual assault

biab00's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Suicide, Eating disorder, Death, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Pregnancy, Mental illness, and Abortion

frufai's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

5.0

Used the English language beautiful. Makes you think about the difference between love and obsession 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Grief, Child abuse, Death of parent, Rape, and Pregnancy

vainnerj's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring medium-paced

4.0

A beautiful and ephemeral look into the intersection of race, culture, gender and mental health. The author has a certain way with words that takes you on a ride that you cannot predict the ending of. I know that the author states towards the end that she had initially envisioned this as a fictional story based on her own experiences, but I am glad she was willing to be so raw and open as to tell her story without that separation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Mental illness, Child abuse, and Drug use

fink1129's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Grief, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Incest, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

jordansmoot's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Incest, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Sexual violence

eve81's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Child abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, and Domestic abuse

spicycheesecake's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.75

Such a beautiful book. The writing is amazing, and the story being told is so captivating. I was immediately pulled in from the first page, and felt emotional the whole ride through.

There are many things I could not relate with, but I understood everything, and I felt like I was there -- spectating, watching, experiencing.

I've learned about myself and my own relationships just from seeing the perspectives in this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Racism, Drug use, Death of parent, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Torture, Suicide attempt, Grief, Death, Violence, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Self harm, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Drug abuse, and Cursing

Moderate: Abortion

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

This book has won many awards for a reasons! Poetic and lyrical reflections filled with love, heartbreak, toxic relationships, darkness and the harsh realities of Teresa’s life as a Salish woman. I’ve never read a memoir quite like this one, that is written almost in prose, using beautiful language to portray such dark themes. This book might only be about 130 pages, but her story was so dense, that each sentence made me stop and reflect.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Self harm

Minor: Pregnancy

wholesomeandqueer's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Child abuse, Self harm, and Alcoholism