Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon

7 reviews

anneenichole's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Child death

Moderate: Grief, Addiction, Mental illness, and Self harm

sargasso_c's review

The book was a bit plodding and often fell into the trap of "telling" and not "showing." While the premise is interesting, I feel the author relied too much on creating an air of eeriness and suspense that went on too long and devolved into repetitive scenes that seemed to serve no other purpose than elongating the time between the beginning of the book and it's resolution.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, and Self harm

Minor: Abandonment and Child death

batcaves's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Infertility, Mental illness, Addiction, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Self harm, Suicide, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

amberghinii's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Self harm, Addiction, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcoholism

kayelina's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Death

Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, Addiction, and Alcohol

cblunier's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

It's told by characters and I really found the one in the past to be irritating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Grief, Infertility, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, and Toxic relationship

jerusha's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Grief, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Terminal illness, and Self harm