Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

The Committed by Viet Thanh Nguyen

6 reviews

margaretrose's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, War, Suicide, Racism, Kidnapping, Drug use, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Racial slurs, Murder, Islamophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Excrement, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Gore, Drug abuse, Death, Cursing, Child death, Xenophobia, Sexual content, and Colonisation

Moderate: Genocide

196books's review against another edition

challenging dark funny medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual content, Racial slurs, and Xenophobia

jthuctran's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

the continuation from the sympathizer was seamless. i love this book but not as much as i love the first. at times so much happens and youre left thinking "wait, what the fuck??" for a while, until you reread the part and finally absorb the events. the book waits for no one. honestly it's all just one big mind fuck. the ending left me SO CONFUSED.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Colonisation, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Violence

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexual content

msantolla's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Moderate: Drug abuse and Violence

leah_alexandra's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This is a really good follow-up to The Sympathizer. The stakes felt a little lower due to the change of settings (drug dealing scheme vs. war), but the book has the same compelling urge and forward momentum. Viet Thanh Nguyen is just such a strong and effective writer. I'm so glad I picked up both this and The Sympathizer, as they're not the types of books I generally read. You must know going in, however, that this book is violent and graphic. Content warnings abound.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Colonisation, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and Xenophobia

cherreadssharereads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racism, Racial slurs, Self harm, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence