Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Black Knight by Rina Kent

3 reviews

_koreen_'s review

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Bullying, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Violence, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Blood, Body shaming, Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, and Alcoholism

sam019's review

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

poppy_ascher's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

You would think by book 4 in this series I would have gotten over Kent’s desire to protect their readers. Nope. Not at all. However, I will say it was appreciated in this particular book because this book is emotionally intense, particularly if you have a personal history with severe mental illness that includes suicidal ideation, self harm and eating disorders. Extra warning if you were an individual who experiences these things whilst also having to live with a real shitty mother. 

Again, there was that reiteration of the fact this series is a bully romance but less in your face, or buried among Kimberly’s mental illnesses and Xavier’s addiction.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt