Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Heart Berries: A Memoir by Terese Marie Mailhot

21 reviews

mereileen's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Sexual assault

chimera999's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Alcohol, and Child abuse

Minor: Eating disorder and Incest

spinesinaline's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

4.0

A book I’ve heard great things about. This is a very personal memoir, told by the author after a hospitalization and diagnosis of PTSD and bipolar disorder. Mailhot writes beautifully and painfully, but I do wonder about how personal some memoirs get — I’m assuming her husband would’ve consented to this writing but everything is on display in a very uncomfortable way. I’m certainly not a fan of his after this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Pregnancy, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Child abuse, and Pedophilia

hannaheiserman's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Toxic relationship, Racial slurs, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Grief, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

mscalls's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Violence

atsundarsingh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

This was so, so hard to read. It was incredibly poetic, but also one of the rawest things I have ever read, and so painful. This is so intimate and personal, I almost can't believe the author shared all of this. Mailhot is so inspiring, and so intense. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Grief, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Violence

planreadrepeat's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Confinement, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Self harm

esmithumland's review against another edition

I knew nothing about this book except for the title, and I was surprised at how painful it was to listen to. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Violence

memorable's review

challenging emotional reflective tense slow-paced

Unfortunately, I didn’t fully understand everything in this book; however, it is a strong memoir that presents a lot of resilience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Colonisation, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Genocide, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, and Pedophilia

mikki_9's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Child abuse, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Incest, Pregnancy, Self harm, and Terminal illness

Minor: Abortion, Medical content, and Sexual harassment