Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

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

20 reviews

ellaxo's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, Physical abuse, Addiction, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Suicide, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Medical content, Vomit, Sexual content, and Racial slurs

Minor: Rape

dielilla's review against another edition

emotional informative sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

Moderate: Medical content, Racism, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

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

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

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

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