Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Corrections in Ink: A Memoir by Keri Blakinger

13 reviews

mnholden's review against another edition

dark hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, and Eating disorder

danimcthomas's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Rape, Torture, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Police brutality, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Classism, Drug use, Medical trauma, Fatphobia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, and Trafficking

zinelib's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

4.5

Keri Blakinger's narrative goes back and forth between her arrival in jail and the experiences that brought her there. She was arrested with heroin, and her case got more attention than most because Blakinger had been a competitive figure skater as a teen, and was a Cornell student at the time of her bust. 

Blakinger's story, in and out of prison is bleak, but as she narrates it in the audiobook isn't so harsh that it's impossible to take in. Her voice is blunt and youthful. She's done some things and seen some things and doesn't shy away from them. She is candid about the race and class privileges that make her story different from those of many of her fellow incarcerees. Now that she is out of prison, her journalism beat is Texas prisons, so she's giving back (and taking names). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Sexual assault

maxthefish's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

I feel like every book I actually finish is 4-5 stars but this one definitely deserves it. The book is a memoir written by an ex felon that details her horrific experiences in the prison system, mixed with hope from her future and trauma in her past. She also carefully weaves in the acknowledgment of privilege in the prison system and the changes that need to be made.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Drug use, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Alcohol, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Torture, Alcoholism, and Bullying

Minor: Car accident, Animal death, and War

gfrisch's review

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Confinement, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, and Self harm

musicalpopcorn's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative tense medium-paced

4.0

When Keri is busted with a large amount of heroin, she ends up in jail. This book is a memoir of her experiences, highs, and lows to get to where she is today. 

This was hard to read but extremely well written. I learned so much about how the prison system works in the United States. I found myself invested in Keri’s journey and thinking about people in a way I probably hadn’t in the past.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Confinement, Drug abuse, Addiction, Mental illness, Drug use, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Rape

____emily____'s review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual violence, Drug use, Vomit, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Drug abuse, and Addiction

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Racism, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

onmalsshelf's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Drug abuse, Confinement, and Medical content

Moderate: Suicide attempt

csilvestrii's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Police brutality, Emotional abuse, Rape, Drug use, Dysphoria, Mental illness, Medical content, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Violence, Addiction, Confinement, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Toxic relationship

mondovertigo's review

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Drug use, Rape, Self harm, Confinement, Eating disorder, Vomit, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Violence, Chronic illness, Misogyny, Trafficking, Racism, and Mental illness

Minor: Excrement, Terminal illness, and Animal death