Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Cherry by Nico Walker

28 reviews

kailaelders's review against another edition

challenging sad slow-paced

2.0

Not my fave. It reminded me a lot of Catcher in the Rye, another book with an unlikeable narrator rambling and a struggle to pull out a plot. There were a lot of acronyms and slang terms I felt at sea with. Overall just not the book for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use

Moderate: War and Animal cruelty

slintangel's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Addiction, Ableism, and Drug use

Moderate: Gore

wallanderem's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Addiction, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Islamophobia, Sexual violence, and War

riotgurl420's review

challenging dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Death, Islamophobia, Medical content, Drug use, Medical trauma, Murder, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Mental illness, War, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood

issamay's review

adventurous dark emotional informative tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Cursing, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Gun violence, Islamophobia, Grief, Drug use, Addiction, Sexism, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Vomit and Bullying

emilybourloukas's review

adventurous dark lighthearted tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Misogyny, and War

Moderate: Vomit

fresica's review

reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Sexual content

stormynoel's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Raw, emotional, and dramatic this book is an intense look at the ramifications of addiction on one's life, and how often we end up victims of our own design. From the opening of the book, the narrator is never meant to be loveable or sympathetic, but rather a raw look at addiction through the eyes of a clueless, entitled kid.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Drug abuse

sshabein's review against another edition

dark emotional funny medium-paced

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

2.0

This wasn't really for me. I kept going because it was just compelling enough that I wanted to know what happened, I suppose, but what did happen was.... eh. And the rampant misogyny throughout was just... a lot. Occasionally, there were some funny bits, and I really like the red skull cover, but glad to move on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Misogyny, Drug use, Addiction, War, and Animal cruelty

kaitoro_walker13's review

challenging dark medium-paced

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

1.0

This book just felt unnecessary. Like, the whole way through, I was just thinking "that could have been cut". It was just BORING. And the

bank robbing

only happened right at the end. Good idea, not very well executed. So poorly excuted, in fact, that it's just a plain bad book in general. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Death, Vomit, and War