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A somber book, it’s worth a read

Beautiful Boy by David Sheff

November 20, 2024 by Marcella Leave a Comment

The way I decided to read this book was by going into my Kindle library, scrolling for a random amount of time, and then choosing the first book that came up. This was, I would say, a very random way to choose the next book I read, given the enormous list I have of books (that I own!) that I’ve been meaning to read for a very long time. Alas, those books wait still longer. I had not heard much of this book, if anything, […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: David Sheff

Marcella's CBR16 Review No:26 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: David Sheff ·
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“A world of contradictions, wherein everything is gray and almost nothing is black and white.”

October 11, 2018 by Caitlin_D 3 Comments

Beautiful Boy was put on my radar after watching the haunting preview for the Timothee Chalamet and Steve Carrell fronted film adaption based on this book as well as Nic Sheff’s memoir, Tweak. When I was in college a friend of mine set me up with his childhood best friend after we hit it off at a small party. He wasn’t really my type looks wise but he was funny, lived in a apartment over his dad’s garage that house a dozen classic cars* and showered me […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction, David Sheff

Caitlin_D's CBR10 Review No:104 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction, David Sheff ·
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