A review by gxuosi
Down the Drain by Julia Fox

challenging dark reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

julia's life is quite literally unfathomable. the idea that she's alive today after all of this astounds me. and for her to be reduced to nothing more than trendsetter hardly encompasses who she is as a person and creative force. it's genuinely hard to believe all of this could be true and for her to be so well adjusted now; especially unbelievable that she remembers so many of these convos and dialogues with this much clarity after that many narcotics. i have no doubt that she's filled in the gaps with approximations and paraphrasing—none of which i hold against her. her story is fraught from the start with drugs, domestic violence, sexual exploitation, entrapment, manic depressive spirals, and death. i'd advise any reader to read acomprehensive trigger warning list before going into this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Minor: Cancer, Eating disorder, Terminal illness, Excrement, and Pandemic/Epidemic