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maryehavens 's review for:
Drinking Games
by Sarah Levy
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
I'm always appreciative of people sharing their stories, especially when it's such a hard subject. Addiction memoirs, especially those that focus on alcohol, are one of my favorite genres (I know...it's a little weird) so I've read a fair bit of them.
The positives: I think Levy is giving a voice to Millenials and their sobriety journey. It seems that there is a trend to sober living as that generation ages. I think Levy captures a lot of Millenial issues like navigating growing up with social media, college and employment, and marriage. Levy also has the courage to bare it all and I applaud her for that.
The negatives: again, I've read a number of addiction memoirs and it seems she ran out of content about 1/2 through. Maybe 3/4?? There were chapters devoted to dressing, social media binges, and other issues which were basically her projecting her addictive tendencies on to other objects since she no longer had alcohol. Again, I appreciate her baring it all but it seemed like she was saying the same thing over and over again only through new lenses. This repetition made it hard to finish and I skimmed the last two pages.
I did appreciate her final note about manifestations and how she started walking down the path she really wanted. She couldn't uncover that when she was clouded with alcohol, and I think that was very poignant.
The positives: I think Levy is giving a voice to Millenials and their sobriety journey. It seems that there is a trend to sober living as that generation ages. I think Levy captures a lot of Millenial issues like navigating growing up with social media, college and employment, and marriage. Levy also has the courage to bare it all and I applaud her for that.
The negatives: again, I've read a number of addiction memoirs and it seems she ran out of content about 1/2 through. Maybe 3/4?? There were chapters devoted to dressing, social media binges, and other issues which were basically her projecting her addictive tendencies on to other objects since she no longer had alcohol. Again, I appreciate her baring it all but it seemed like she was saying the same thing over and over again only through new lenses. This repetition made it hard to finish and I skimmed the last two pages.
I did appreciate her final note about manifestations and how she started walking down the path she really wanted. She couldn't uncover that when she was clouded with alcohol, and I think that was very poignant.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism