Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Más allá de mi reino by Yaa Gyasi

485 reviews

mkshapiro's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

“I sit in blessed silence, and I remember. I try to make order, make sense, make meaning of the jumble of it all.” 

“One minute there was a God with the whole world in his hands; the next minute the world was plummeting, ceaselessly, toward an ever-shifting bottom.” 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, and Addiction

bek_p87's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

I loved Yaa Gyasi's debut novel, Homegoing, so much that I was worried that this wouldn't live up to it, but I soon found that it isn't fair to compare them. While Homegoing is a sweeping epic spanning continents and centuries, this is a still, quiet story of one woman's life. The way Gifty grapples with shaping her identity through her thoughts and feelings on religion, science, and family resonated so deeply with me, and Gyasi treats these topics - and more (addiction, mental health, racism) with sensitivity, openness, and care. I await with bated breath Yaa Gyasi's future books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Death, Racial slurs, and Racism

flashandoutbreak's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Death, Grief, Medical content, Drug use, and Suicidal thoughts

abrdoodle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Suicide attempt, Child death, Abandonment, Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Mental illness, and Vomit

Moderate: Sexism, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Bullying, Classism, Sexual content, Excrement, and Racism

Minor: Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, and Physical abuse

teeclecticreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A lot of heavy topIcs were very metculously and wholeheartedly discussed. Each member of this family was grappling with ther own struggles. I love that the ending also gave the reader a lot to think about regarding their own relationship with God/religion. I could feel the grief through the pages and found myself sympathising with each of them. The one qualm I have is the fact there was no separation between the present and the flashbacks.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Drug abuse, Grief, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

meaglovesbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Addiction, Drug use, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Drug abuse

kenzieskinnerrr's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-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

Moderate: Drug abuse

Minor: Death and Death of parent

clarityandchaos's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-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

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Grief, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Death

lindsaylhunter's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.0

Much like with Homegoing, Gyasi writes with incredible sincerity about topics of substance. She is the voice of a generation, and I hope that voice only gets louder and stronger as the years go by.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Death, Grief, and Racism

Moderate: Racial slurs

Minor: Death of parent

isaarusilor's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-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: Mental illness, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use