Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Christiane F: Autobiography of a Girl of the Streets and Heroin Addict by Kai Hermann, Christiane F., Horst Rieck

26 reviews

jackacj's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad fast-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, and Child abuse

Minor: Rape

nimbos's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

4.75

Maybe I was too young when I read this for the first time at the age of 12 while going through a very dark moment of my life. I remember not being able to finish it straight away, leaving the book aside for two weeks and then coming back to it. It was so graphically tragic that made my immature stomach turn, which might have been empathised by the fact that I was about the same age as the characters involved. Later, this book would mark me forever and would mold my taste for the twisted, self-flagellating side of humankind. It's an indispensable read in my opinion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pedophilia, Addiction, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Drug abuse

sina321's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Violence, Racial slurs, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Death, Abandonment, Addiction, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Alcohol

Minor: Torture, Homophobia, Cursing, Eating disorder, Sexism, Kidnapping, Vomit, Classism, Animal death, and Body shaming

tayichan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

4.25

I watched the movie going in blind and I was captivated by Christiane's story, though the movie does not really leave the ending clear, so when I found out it was based on a memoir I got it immediately. This book really made clear the struggles of a person addicted to heroin and the way that they wanted to quit but being unable to do so for so long. Christiane was a little annoying at times but I couldn't even begin imagining feeling the way that she did with her addiction. Definitely a must-read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Addiction, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Child death, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Pedophilia

Minor: Vomit and Trafficking

gatsbyonabudget's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.5

Memoir of Christiane F who was a 14 year old heroine addict in Berlin. It tells her story and how she and her friends ended up as prostitutes near Station Zoo. Crazy informative about drug use and does have a happy ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Domestic abuse, Death, Grief, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Medical trauma

rotten_flesh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Child death, Child abuse, Drug use, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

majakrmer's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Eating disorder, Child abuse, Body horror, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Child death, Drug use, Addiction, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Death, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Racial slurs, Blood, Animal death, Suicide, Vomit, Medical content, and Adult/minor relationship

sina4books's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Child abuse, Violence, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Drug use, and Suicide attempt

who_is_sisi's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Incredibly brutal, open, and (at least seemingly) honest depiction of the very dark reality of barely-teenage drug addicts. This one gave me nightmares. An important historical document that transformed the discourse in (West) Germany, has shaped a generation, and put the discussion about drug addiction front and center of German society.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Drug use, Medical content, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual violence, Blood, Toxic relationship, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Torture, Rape, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Suicide, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Xenophobia, Racial slurs, Addiction, Cursing, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Kidnapping, Body shaming, Child death, Physical abuse, Infidelity, and Homophobia

la_bue's review against another edition

dark informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Racial slurs, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Homophobia, and Rape