Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Don't Tell a Soul by Kirsten Miller

12 reviews

bea_reads_books's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Murder, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Addiction, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Animal death, Alcohol, and Suicide

fictionaladventures's review against another edition

fast-paced

4.0

This was super good! Incredibly fast paced! I’d call it more of a mystery/thriller than a horror, but it was definitely still thrilling. No one was what they seemed to be at first. I thought the mysteries were woven really smartly. Multiple characters made me absolutely FURIOUS, and that was exactly the author’s intention! While other characters were unexpectedly kind to our protagonist. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Drug use, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Rape

beckyremillard's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Bram is fleeing the city to get away from her past and her controlling mother, so she’s staying with her uncle at his small town manor. However, the manor is alleged to be cursed and the locals do not take kindly to outsiders. 

It took me a little bit to get into this. We are not told the situation that caused Bram to leave and that adds to the mystery of it all.  Everything is explained at an appropriate time and all the loose ends are fairly tied up, which is always appreciated. I hate when there are lasting questions and I don’t have that. (Except the really random question of what is Bram’s real name, if “Bram” is a nickname derived from her father’s name?)

I almost wish this book did have an actual ghost. I was kind of hoping for more horror, although it’s definitely a great thriller.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Rape, Death of parent, and Murder

rehamreadsbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

sierraelexis's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

catgirl_luna's review

This was not at all what I thought it was going to be. It feels like a slog now trying to get through it so I am not wasting my time with this anymore. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use, Addiction, Death of parent, Rape, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Stalking

I didn't like that Bram was shamed for having a drug addiction after seeing her father and aunt dead. Too much shaming of a child who went through a serious problem and then was treated terribly for the rest of the time by family. I know this is fiction but there had to be at LEAST 1 person from her past that would have cared or at least gave one care about her that wasn't in Louth.

serenadoodles_'s review

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

lpniskanen's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Violence

nightwing's review

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

Received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. 

A captivating thriller that follows Bram, a girl kicked out of her mother's house in NYC for mysterious reasons we eventually find out as the story unfolds. Bram's sent to live with her uncle whom she hasn't seen in a decade, only to find out his wife died mysteriously months earlier. Bram discovers more mysteries surrounding the mansion she and her uncle live in.

A really fun mystery novel that was entertaining from beginning to end. Only issue I had was that the ending wrapped up a bit too quickly for my taste but it was a well-written ending regardless. I liked that we couldn't really "like" a character in the book, all of them couldn't trust each other and thus kept showing their worst sides. Not to say no one's completely unlikeable, but it works very well for this mystery. Excellent writing overall! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Addiction

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

Only thing I was disappointed by that there were no actual ghosts. The gorgeous cover kinda made it seem that way....

catchats's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Sexual assault, and Drug abuse

Minor: Alcoholism