Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Kasher in the Rye: The True Tale of a White Boy from Oakland Who Became a Drug Addict, Criminal, Mental Patient, and Then Turned 16 by Moshe Kasher

4 reviews

versa's review

dark emotional funny medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Addiction, Drug use, Alcohol, and Body shaming

hail_archangel's review

dark emotional inspiring medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Drug use, Drug abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Violence, Bullying, and Cursing

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Child abuse

scmiller's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Fatphobia, Alcoholism, Blood, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Drug use, Ableism, Abandonment, Alcohol, Racism, Body shaming, Homophobia, Medical content, Physical abuse, Addiction, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Bullying, Classism, and Cursing

Moderate: Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Car accident, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Body horror, Grief, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, and Cancer

kathleen_theresa's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

3.5

It’s an incredible story but it gets a bit repetitive at times. The book ends a bit abruptly and I think it could have been balanced a bit more between is struggles and his recovery. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Fatphobia

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Antisemitism