Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Leslie F*cking Jones by Leslie Jones

6 reviews

maryellen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Racial slurs, and Cursing

Moderate: Death of parent, Bullying, Grief, Alcohol, Death, Drug use, Medical content, Misogyny, and Abortion

Minor: Sexual assault and Child abuse

ninahuynh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

5.0

What a journey! I found out about this audiobook from a bookstagram friend who posted about their thoughts on the book. I knew of Leslie Jones from SNL but not much else, and boy did she take us on a journey in this audiobook!! The audiobook is much longer than the print book, which Jones herself acknowledges in the audiobook. This is because she speaks from the heart while using the book as a guide on which part of her life to discuss next. From her childhood traumas to her days on set of Ghostbusters, Leslie Jones is a fierce comedian and woman who fights for herself. Definitely laughed out loud in the car as I listened to it on my commute to and from work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Blood, Racism, Gore, Alcohol, Death of parent, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death, Child abuse, Classism, Grief, Body horror, and Sexism

Minor: Abortion

rachaelwho's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

This was so great. Highly recommend the audio because she's not just reading what she wrote, she's telling the story. She cries, she laughs- mostly laughs, though there is some real pain here. It's so candid and you really get a sense of her as a person. I'm not a "super fan" of her work that I've seen (I say this just to n te that you don't need to be too like this book), nor do I usually choose memoirs or biographies, but always thought she seemed delightful, and she really, really is, and just a brilliant, fierce person. It starts to meander a bit as it reaches the more current phases of her life and kind of petered out at the end. But most of the book is SO interesting and she is so funny and heartfelt. A must read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Death of parent, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Bullying, Violence, Sexual assault, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Racism, and Grief

Minor: Animal cruelty and Abortion

honeybeewitched87's review

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Violence, Death, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Sexual content, Abortion, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Minor: Toxic friendship, Vomit, Terminal illness, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Slavery, and Toxic relationship

javafenn's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

I love hearing stories from SNL alum about their lives and what makes them funny. This book is made extra wonderful by the fact that Leslie Jones adds hours upon hours or backstory to her stories and Chris Rock reads the intro (and even interrupts to correct the author). Leslie’s story is equal parts funny and equal parts a lesson. She doesn’t shy away from what makes her a star and she’s unapologetic for who she is and where she came from. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Sexism, Chronic illness, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Body shaming, Abortion, Grief, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Slavery, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Classism, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fatphobia, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Animal cruelty and War