Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction by Jarrett J. Krosoczka

11 reviews

barefootbetsy's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

4.5

Heavy but so well done. Wow. I expect I'll be thinking about this book for many years to come. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Death, Drug use, Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Addiction, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Infidelity

olilivestoread's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense fast-paced

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Cursing, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, and Drug use

drsuzbark's review against another edition

I will never understand why profanity is in books, but especially books geared for students. I would not recommend for that reason.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing

ecallahan's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Death of parent, Drug use, Abandonment, Classism, Grief, and Cursing

sprucewillow's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Addiction

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Child abuse

Minor: Blood, Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, and Cursing

bookswithlauren's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

I never like to rate a personal story any less than five stars, everyone has a story and sharing that story for other people to relate to and to feel seen and understood, is incredible.

We follow Ja as he grows up within a dysfunctional but loving family, we follow him as he learns about his mothers drug addiction and tries to find his way in the world. I would have loved to have had a bit more detail and depth with the addiction but it is not my story to tell.

The artwork was great and I love how this graphic novel is one of the outcomes of his story. He followed his passion for art and drawing and now people all over the world can enjoy it too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Dementia, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Death, Abandonment, Addiction, and Cursing

mandi4886's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Abandonment, Addiction, Bullying, Drug use, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Child abuse, Sexism, and Emotional abuse

broderick's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Grief, Cursing, Drug abuse, and Mental illness

temporarilyhuman's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

The author's note at the end is a must read. There more than anywhere else in the book we see the author's growth and understanding, especially in regards to his mother. 

The inclusion of photos of actual letter and drawings gives this book a little something extra that helps it hit home. I think it was a very good choice to include them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Abandonment, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Minor: Pregnancy, Violence, Dementia, Grief, Classism, Mental illness, Death of parent, Miscarriage, and Murder

ellav's review

dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

This book was so inspiring, and it was just an awesome story of a person struggling with family addiction. I loved the story of how he became what he wanted to be despite his terrible family situation. I think this book is a must read for anyone struggling with addiction, or who has experienced others with the same problem. It will definitely change the way you look at things.

I loved the illustrations, because they worked so well for the concept of the book and the chapter headers we so cool. It was such a wonderful idea to include personal letters and pictures, because it made the experience seem even more intimate and real. Also, the pineapple wallpaper was just such a great touch 😊

This book broke that cliche of the traditional happy family. It showed real life with people that had real problems. This is a book I would recommend to anyone, because people need to see this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pregnancy, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, and Sexual content