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Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction by David Sheff
3 reviews
d3m1_r34ds's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
5.0
so sad and informative on all points of views not just the drug users view
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Suicide, Child death, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Cursing, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Cancer, and Medical content
shannay_05's review
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Addiction, and Drug use
terresee's review
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
5.0
Wow. I genuinely have no words to describe the absolute heartbreak that is this book. David Sheff has a way with making you feel immersed within his life - as if you were the one facing this. His description of his life with Nic, the good and the bad, is captivating, and you can practically feel all the pain, the hope, the regrets, the guilt; everything. I have no words to express the amount of emotions I faced throughout this novel. The most jarring to me was the simultaneous dread and hope I felt. I would be a quarter or half way through reading, and it feels like "Yes, this is the one. Nic is going to stay sober this time,",
but I know that there are still hundreds of pages left, and I know what that means for Nic. Of course, drug addiction recovery is not linear, but I could practically feel the desperation from David Sheff. I also found the ending extremely realistic, and while I had originally hoped for something more optimistic, upon a few days of sitting with my thoughts on the memoir, I realised that the ending was very true to the nature of an addiction/recovery.
Everything about their journey together was heartbreaking, but full of light within the darkness. I wish for nothing but the best in both of their lives.
but I know that there are still hundreds of pages left, and I know what that means for Nic. Of course, drug addiction recovery is not linear, but I could practically feel the desperation from David Sheff. I also found the ending extremely realistic, and while I had originally hoped for something more optimistic, upon a few days of sitting with my thoughts on the memoir, I realised that the ending was very true to the nature of an addiction/recovery.
Everything about their journey together was heartbreaking, but full of light within the darkness. I wish for nothing but the best in both of their lives.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Drug use
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