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Reviews tagging 'Drug 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
16 reviews
marekcornett's review against another edition
Minor: Drug abuse and Violence
localghost_3000's review
Graphic: Addiction and Drug abuse
Moderate: Ableism and Racial slurs
Minor: Homophobia, Rape, Forced institutionalization, and Death of parent
mattyvreads's review
4.25
Kasher balances his wit with the sometimes tragic and often harrowing circumstances of his upbringing. It is thought-provoking and deeply moving memoir.
The author is raw and ernest in his discussion of drug and alcohol addiction. It is an impressive thing to be able to speak so candidly about such a personal and traumatic time. It demonstrates a level of vulnerability unparalleled by most autobiographers.
It is an impressive piece of literature.
(As a slight critique and side note: There are quite a few instances when the author uses some dated and offensive language. There is certainly a contextual element, as he is recounting what he heard and said in his youth at school, etc.. Still it gave me slight pause as a modern reader. He may have been able to allude to the use of the words without writing them out so many damn times… But I digress.)
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse
Moderate: Antisemitism
Minor: Homophobia, Rape, Car accident, and Cultural appropriation
scmiller's review
4.0
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment
rfendrich's review
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racial slurs, Blood, and Alcohol
Moderate: Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, and Sexual harassment
caroemily's review
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol
Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Fatphobia, Mental illness, and Violence
Minor: Forced institutionalization