Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel

10 reviews

redflower10's review

challenging dark sad slow-paced

4.0

I saw a TikTok that said this book made them drop out of school and get sectioned in a psych ward - I think this tells you everything you may need to know. Avoid if you experience depressive moods as this may trigger you like nothing else before. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Suicide attempt, and Mental illness

alyssagee11's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Suicide attempt, and Drug use

tam90's review

dark emotional hopeful informative sad slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Sexual content and Violence

froggybooks's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

2.75

ugh. it was insufferable. relatable but insufferable.

the end and the afterword were good. it was just so long and waffly. also surprise ipswich appearance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Pedophilia, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Classism, Blood, Antisemitism, Toxic relationship, and Addiction

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Pregnancy and Abortion

amandag's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Abortion

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Addiction, and Drug use

daughterofcain's review

emotional funny sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicide attempt, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

rae_diant's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Despite its flaws, this has got to be one of the best books I've read. Slow paced but a devouring read. You empathize with Wurtzel even when you know, and she knows, she screwed up. A fight through depression with an inspiring end. As someone who suffers from depression but is in a good place right now, I only recommend this book to someone who is in a healthy mind.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Vomit, and Suicidal thoughts

poisontree's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

omfg
this got me out of a month long slump and it’s probably because of the tone of her writing
there was a lot to relate to and wasnt super gruelling to read
i definitely understand the grouping of prozac nation, girl interrupted and the bell jar
will i ever get tired of the depressed white girl genre who knows
i think at times i didnt really know what was happening but just went with it, reminding myself it was all nonfiction 
i think the biggest thing for me is seeing similarities in my world
i feel like more than half the people in our generation would doubly relate to this
i found the fact that the last pages suddenly were about nirvana kinda funny but it made sense
i live for pop culture references and music references so i really liked reading this
thats all
from ur trusty neighbourhood camibug

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Violence, Vomit, Sexual content, Self harm, Drug use, Cursing, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Alcoholism, and Addiction

slugmilk's review

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Drug abuse, Chronic illness, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Vomit

Moderate: Blood, Gaslighting, Self harm, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual content

Minor: Pregnancy and Miscarriage

alice_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Miscarriage, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse