Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

The New Girl by Jesse Q. Sutanto

31 reviews

mollyolloxenfree25's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Drug use and Drug abuse

sienna1508's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

This is a good book but I found the main character to be a bit cringy in some parts. The author used a lot of current-day teenager slang which I feel will get a bit out of date in a few years. 
I wouldn't say this book is bad, but it isn't as good as The Obsession. 
I feel like there were a lot of weird moments where the book was really rollercoaster-ish. It does deal with a lot of sensitive areas which I can see as being problematic because they feel very stereotypical and underdone. 
I feel like the cover doesn't really match the book. I feel like if the book was more like the cover it would've been a much better book. Jesse Q. Sutanto is such a great writer - especially in The Obsession - so tbh this wasn't really what I expected. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Bullying

Moderate: Racism, Eating disorder, Classism, Addiction, Drug use, Murder, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Suicide

luv4journey's review

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Drug use

Moderate: Racism

jasmineslibraryy's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

train wreck but in a fun messy teenage girl way

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Vomit, Bullying, Murder, Drug use, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Cursing, Racism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Physical abuse, Addiction, Death, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Stalking, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

the boyfriend is abusive

britbrit29's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, and Gore

Moderate: Racism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Classism

yabooks4me's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Characters and story were very interesting. I enjoyed this fast-paced ya thriller. Def had moments where I had to suspend disbelief when characters said or did things that seemed highly improbable. Also found the romantic relationship very forced and unbelievable. But was so curious to see how it would wrap up, I stayed with it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Racism

lovely___'s review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Vomit, Violence, Alcohol, Drug use, and Death

astereads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Bullying, Racism, Death, and Drug use

kaczorlantz's review

adventurous funny tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Vomit, Blood, Racism, and Drug use

ecravens's review

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Death, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Violence