Reviews tagging 'Death'

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

10 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

staticsmouse's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.0

I wasn’t expecting this to be a comic book going in. My review is skewed because I started this book exhausted with the intent to finish and that’s what I did. I thought it was beautifully drawn and it was dark in message but it was a good story. I don’t like how it’s hard to figure out what page you are on because only half the pages have page numbers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Grief, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Drug use

Moderate: Gun violence, Death, Violence, Bullying, and Death of parent

Minor: Miscarriage

It is sad that his mom lost her addiction battle despite it starting when she was 13

ariak07's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Death, and Drug use

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

calamitywindpetal's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Death and Confinement

Minor: Death of parent

carolinemwatson's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Death, Addiction, and Drug abuse

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

pockymonster_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Bullying, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

mothman19's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Death of parent