Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Tacky: Love Letters to the Worst Culture We Have to Offer by Rax King

11 reviews

kitschysweater's review against another edition

funny medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Infidelity

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Addiction, Death of parent, and Drug use

Minor: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, and Body shaming

abbylw's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Death of parent, and Addiction

kurumipanda's review

emotional funny reflective slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Misogyny

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug use, and Physical abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Pedophilia, and Body shaming

sarahbliss's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

odrib's review

funny lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Drug use, Grief, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Infidelity, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

maggies's review against another edition

funny reflective fast-paced

3.0

Enjoyable while reading (listening), but ultimately I've forgotten what King wrote/her overall thesis. Suppose I wasn't paying close enough attention? Might also be that I just didn't have the same sort of childhood/adolescence/young adulthood as King?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content

vkitoria's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

4.0

genius. what IS so scary about sincerity and loving things wholeheartedly without a trace of irony?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Death of parent

sjanke2's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Grief, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, and Alcohol

surefinewhatever_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

2.5

Ugggghhhhh
Y’all, I was *really* looking forward to this one. I was so excited to read a book of essays about much of the culture that I grew up within and loved. Hello the table of contents boasts essays about degrassi, hot topic, americas next top model, jersey shore & Bath & body works!! I was thrilled to read an essay collection that appeared to discuss the exact culture I was raised in! But honestly, it felt like this collection was more about Rax’s sexual exploits than it was about the culture. Either this book needed to be marketed differently or edited more. It was exhausting for each chapter to come back to who she was sleeping with (significantly older man, someone else’s husband/boyfriend, shitty dude after shitty dude), and frankly, it became repetitive & boring. I was so ready to love this one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Drug use, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, and Body shaming

bi_n_large's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content and Drug use