Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

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

30 reviews

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

natalcia303's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Blood

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

franzi_ela's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

This is not a book that one could actually "like" because it's really depressing to read. But it is an important and interesting portrait of 70's Berlin drug scene. Many german teens were required to read this in school when it came out to make them understand about drug abuse. It would be interesting to know how many of them actively decided to never try drugs after the lecture of this book or after seeing the movie. (Quite a lot I guess, both the book and the movie are VERY graphic about the horrors of drug withdrawal) Also there was a new Amazon Prime Series not too long ago, but it wasn't THAT graphic. It's really authentic and you just have to care about the characters.
The saddest thing is that - although this depicts a situation about 50 years ago - many things haven't changed. It is still difficult to get people into drug therapy, still parents aren't watchful enough, still the school system is overwhelmed with difficult children, still drug dealers are taking advantage of teens who don't know the risks of certain drugs or who want to make "quick money" by selling drugs.
I could go on.
The only way to raise awareness is through books like this. So: Highly recommended, but be aware that it's not a fun read, also take a look at the content warnings!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Grief, Mental illness, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Pedophilia, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, and Vomit

milalosu's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

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