Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell

7 reviews

kamiqr12's review

dark mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Rape, and Drug abuse

mbedrosian's review

challenging dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Drug abuse, Bullying, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Excrement, Murder, Violence, Child abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, and Animal cruelty

karmapen's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Addiction, Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Sexual violence, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Animal death

Minor: Misogyny, Child abuse, Abandonment, Mental illness, Excrement, Cursing, Blood, and Alcoholism

directorpurry's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Drug abuse, Vomit, Drug use, and Animal death

magellen's review

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Drug use and Drug abuse

Minor: Rape and Death of parent

horizonous's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Animal death and Vomit

Moderate: Body horror, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Excrement, Sexual violence, and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Infidelity

◦ Animal death = Hunting, field dressing
◦ Body horror = Mutilation

cknighbor's review

dark sad slow-paced

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

3.0

I struggled to like this. Some of the writing was beautiful, but the plot was so brutal and the language got unnecessarily descriptive at parts. I had a hard time wanting to keep reading it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Gore, Addiction, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Excrement, Mental illness, and Cursing