Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Rememberings by Sinéad O'Connor

8 reviews

ellen_the_melon's review

funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

Loved that I got to hear about Sinead O'Connor's life from the woman herself. I felt the book dragged a little, and was repetitive at times, but overall I enjoyed the read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Addiction and Eating disorder

awaywiththefairies's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Child abuse

Moderate: Eating disorder, Drug abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Cursing, and Death of parent

amycourts's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

5.0

Oh Sinead. Reading this on audiobook brought back so many feelings and memories, and I ended up switching back and forth between it and her music a lot. She was such a gift to this world, and I’m so glad to have heard her story in her own voice. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Police brutality, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Bullying, Addiction, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

theatomicblonde22's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Abortion, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Drug use, and Grief

lisa00's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Grief, Eating disorder, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Miscarriage and Suicidal thoughts

leighmayon's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Medical trauma, Sexism, Car accident, Chronic illness, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, and Violence

Moderate: Pedophilia and Abortion

Minor: Slavery, Gun violence, Cancer, Child death, Eating disorder, and Trafficking

grtwrrn's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Car accident, Colonisation, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Xenophobia

travelseatsreads's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

3.0

I feel like I need to preface this review by saying I've a huge amount of respect for Sinead and the work she did to highlight the atrocities of the Irish church. My review is completely based on the book and how it reads.

First of all the book is being marketed as a tell-all memoir in which Sinead details her story through the years, unfortunately it doesn't read that way. To me it felt about 20% memoir and 80% discography. There are parts where she talks about her childhood abuse and a quick chapter about her children at the end however the rest feels like tid bits of sentences thrown into paragraph upon paragraph about her songs.
While it was an interesting read overall I can't help feeling the book has more to do with her upcoming album which is due to be released rather than her telling her own true story.

TW for child abuse, addiction, mental illness and suicide. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt