Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

You'd Be Home Now by Kathleen Glasgow

158 reviews

0325film's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

this book is important. but i feel like it touches the basics of addiction. but nonetheless it is a great starting point for someone coming to terms with their thoughts and/or educating themselves through the power of literature. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction and Violence

moonia's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This book was so good. I will literally read anything this woman writes 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction

kingangie's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Addiction

Moderate: Medical content and Bullying

Minor: Classism and Cancer

ramiz0's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Car accident, and Death

Moderate: Drug abuse

Minor: Mental illness, Cancer, Bullying, and Abandonment

missrosymaplemoth's review against another edition

4.0

A somber coming of age story about grief, sexual exploration and loving an addict.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Alcohol, Car accident, Bullying, Child death, and Addiction

fanchera's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Child death, and Addiction

Moderate: Abandonment, Toxic friendship, and Car accident

Minor: Cancer, Suicide, and Alcohol

ckreads28's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book is an important one to show the family's side of things when it comes to addiction and the aftermath they have to deal with in the aftermath of the addict.

While Emmory, her siblings, and even her dad have growth, it bothered me how the mother's seems minimal. That there were no amends for her part in how/what she did to the family with her pressure and need for control.

 

I did love the lessons Emmory learned and her growth. The rawness of this book is so needed and I think would've helped me when I was younger, but so glad this book is out there now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Addiction

nara_knl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

”This need to get lost in something other than yourself. Lose yourself. Erase yourself. So that none of your awful, wrong self remains, not one blessed thing“
I know this book is mainly about addiction. But Kathleen Glasgow portraits the need to lose yourself in someone else so beautifully. I have never heard someone get that! I do this… Like a lot… and I so get Emmy…
 
But now speaking of the book!
Another Masterpiece, my personal second favorite glasgow book!!
The struggle of addiction, no matter what kind, is a life long process, fight and “struggle”! What I love about these books ist that they’re brutally honest! No need to glorify, romanticise or talk things down! Life is brutal! 
Yet these books have something so wonderful and beautiful about them! They seem fragile and I always get the need to protect everyone in the books…
I don’t know how to say it, but I wouldn’t be the version of myself that I am rn without these books! 
forever grateful <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Car accident, Mental illness, Death, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Grief, and Toxic friendship

astrumillustris's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Addiction, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Car accident and Death

Minor: Sexual content and Grief

spookyllamas's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Alcoholism