Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker

18 reviews

katielaine_w's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Violence

ka_ke's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

4.0

Good read if you’re interested in the impacts of schizophrenia. It’s slow moving but each detail proves important. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Cancer, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Infidelity, Self harm, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

jennifer_bush_73's review

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Violence, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder

slantrhymes's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

5.0

I couldn't put this book down. It's sad and fascinating. Kolker  tackles extremely fraught subjects clinically and delicately, always giving the utmost respect to the people he's writing about. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Suicide and Murder

Minor: Ableism, Abortion, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Cancer, Car accident, Drug use, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Terminal illness

The author discusses all of the very, very difficult subjects as clinically and respectfully as possible--there is nothing sordid here--but he is honest about things that happened to and between the family members he interviewed for the book. Some of those things are stomach-turning.

elaroche's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Child abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Murder, Mental illness, Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Death of parent, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, and Addiction

sebrittainclark's review against another edition

dark emotional informative slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Addiction, and Cancer

Minor: Abortion

patch's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Incest, Medical content, Self harm, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Mass/school shootings

latisha's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Incest, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Forced institutionalization