Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson

13 reviews

isabelgrace7146's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, Alcohol, Rape, Suicide, Animal death, Grief, Cursing, Drug use, Sexual assault, Death, and Drug abuse

Minor: Emotional abuse, Murder, Abortion, Child abuse, Colonisation, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Racism, Classism, Domestic abuse, Bullying, and Incest

hanreadin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Bullying, Addiction, Grief, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Rape, Alcoholism, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Racial slurs, and Sexual assault

siobhanward's review against another edition

emotional medium-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? It's complicated

3.5

 This definitely doesn't have the consistency of the Trickster series, but the story was still strong and engaging. Like in the Trickster books, all the characters were so interesting and well-developed that I was happy to keep reading, even at points that the plot faltered a bit. I found that part of the challenge in this book was that so many major events happened off-page, and were reduced to a brief mention. Their effects were sometimes felt deeply and for an extended period of time, but it was hard to connect that back to the events at times.

I love Robinson's work in general, though, so this was a pleasure to finally get my hands on and read! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Death, and Addiction

relicsoftime's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad 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: Death, Mental illness, Grief, Eating disorder, Drug use, Addiction, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

mo_togo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Rape, Addiction, and Alcoholism

idogrocker's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Addiction, Alcohol, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Suicide, Violence, and Drug use

Minor: Abortion and Genocide

ninjamuse's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, Suicide attempt, and Grief

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Rape

hannah_marie5314's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Domestic abuse

klaine_shipper63's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious medium-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? No

4.0

Such an easy book to follow while simultaneously having a lot of deep meaning

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism

Minor: Genocide, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Death, and Incest

ulyssies's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

mysterious and beautifully, beautifully written. love all the symbolism and the fact that you have to think about the story yourself instead of having all the answers given to you

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death, Violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Sexual violence and Domestic abuse