Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

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

4 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

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

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

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