Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way by Jesse Thistle

31 reviews

myranda_the_bookwyrm's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

A moving memoir.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Sexual assault

brett311's review against another edition

dark inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Injury/Injury detail

popgoesthereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

An incredibly heart wrenching but important story, this one has been on my list for a while and I see why it has so much acclaim. Jesse Thistle is an expert storyteller, detailing in brutal detail his struggles and triumphs as a deeply broken man, in a system stacked against him who somehow found his way out. Themes of generational trauma and indigeneity are front and center in this story. I think that this story is an important one for all Canadians to read to understand many of the struggles plaguing our society right now, the overdose and homelessness crises along with the deep scars of our longstanding relationship with indigenous people in this country. Thistle holds nothing back, describing in detail the many hardships of his upbringing, the mistakes he made that led him to a life on the streets, and the hopelessness of addiction. It's a brutal and at times difficult read but you never stop rooting for his redemption and when it finally comes it's an emotional crescendo that keeps you hooked. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Self harm, Death of parent, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Colonisation, Suicide attempt, Bullying, Abandonment, Racism, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, and Domestic abuse

alexaamackie's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Racism, and Medical trauma

Minor: Death and Emotional abuse

jennaslaney_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Addiction and Abandonment

evandaniel's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

A wonderful reminder of perseverance and hope. Very honest and raw, Jesse’s story hits the hardest for me when he experiences profound loss. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Colonisation, Cursing, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Mental illness, Alcohol, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Alcoholism

Minor: Terminal illness, Alcohol, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Cursing, Xenophobia, Death, Death of parent, Hate crime, Grief, Toxic friendship, Blood, Cancer, Medical content, Murder, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

amandasiino's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Death, Alcoholism, Excrement, Drug abuse, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Colonisation

galena417's review

dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use

carly_the_librarian's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Rape

ladykatka's review

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

This book really shines a light on what homeless people and those who suffer from addictions go through in their daily lives. How society seems to regularly fail them. As he writes in the book "society cares more about criminals than the homeless." I only gave this a 4 instead of a 5 because I listened to the audiobook and unusually the author reading their own book is fantastic, but he is really monotone and detached which doesn't deal the emotional punch that book could really deliver.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use

Moderate: Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Medical content