Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance

6 reviews

sgjohnson2001's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Classism, Death, Drug use, Child abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Grief, and Violence

lindsayvale's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Alcoholism, and Child abuse

Moderate: War, Addiction, and Bullying

Minor: Pregnancy

demartinodoc's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

2.25

I had high hopes for this book, but was really disappointed overall. It comes across as narrow and perhaps incorrect at times- A redeeming factor is acknowledging that it is relatively dated and the author makes repeated references to the fact he is telling it as he remembers. This read may be more enjoyable as a text read and not an audiobook, as overly repetitive sentences about the same exact subject can get a little bit tough to listen to at times. Was very close to not finishing, but it did make me think quite a bit about our current economic systems so I decided to power through (plus, I was in a car and already listening). The author’s lines of thinking can at times literally imply he is smarter or better than going through the trouble of learning more about trauma and other major fields of study from the professionals and instead relies on his own “research”. Interesting read, but probably won’t reread or recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Addiction, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Abandonment and Alcoholism

Minor: Bullying and Violence

tawallah's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Drug abuse, Violence, and Domestic abuse

sophiejohn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Violence

rustmaiden's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Cursing, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Blood, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Miscarriage

Minor: Fire/Fire injury