Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

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

19 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

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

crijs's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, and Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Sexual content

joanabacana's review against another edition

dark informative reflective tense

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Pedophilia, Death, and Trafficking

Minor: Vomit, Violence, and Racial slurs

leahopkins's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

Das Buch ist wirklich schonungslos ehrlich. Man fühlt mit allen Charakteren so mit, besonders da sie ja alle noch Kinder sind und man sich fragt, wie es ihnen heute geht und welche von ihnen den Schritt aus der Szene geschafft haben. Christianes Probleme mit der Sucht sind sehr eindrücklich beschrieben und man hat wirklich das Gefühl, sie im Verlaufe des Buches sehr gut kennenzulernen. Insgesamt ein sehr berührendes, aber auch runterziehendes Buch.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Racial slurs, and Sexual content

Moderate: Xenophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, and Homophobia

Minor: Torture, Toxic friendship, Animal death, and Vomit

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

karen7915's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Pedophilia, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Addiction

therukat's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual content, Rape, Addiction, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Racism, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Drug use, and Self harm

Moderate: Blood, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Child death, Death, and Forced institutionalization

fifofi's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Suicidal thoughts