Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Don't Tell a Soul by Kirsten Miller

9 reviews

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

wheeliechick's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Death

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Animal death

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....

caidyn's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I received an ARC through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review!

The second I saw that this was a Rebecca-esque retelling, I got very interested. It seems that the 2020s are the revival of Daphne du Maurier so far! And this one was really good. It blended in modernized gothic horror elements with YA tropes. I also liked how this tackled multiple difficult topics that teens commonly face. From parental death to drug use to sexual assault, etc. It really balanced things well. With all the difficult themes, it never felt too heavy for me as a reader and I thought everything was handled very well. Definitely a book that I'll want on my shelf as a finished product!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Death