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Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh

28 reviews

bookmuva's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

4.25

I loved this book so much more than I originally thought. It took me a bit to get used to the way it’s written in Scots/English but it added more to the book. Some parts were super out of left field and hard to read, but all in all an interesting story. It was hard to keep up with the characters, but once you get them in order you see how all their lives intersect. Another book I would potentially read again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Drug abuse, Excrement, Addiction, Violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, and Body horror

Minor: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Medical trauma, Racism, Self harm, and Domestic abuse

wantstoloveajedi's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Blood, Cursing, Drug use, Sexual harassment, Death, Homophobia, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Torture, Vomit, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Child death, Infidelity, Drug abuse, Excrement, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

thomasdj's review

challenging dark funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Cursing, Drug use, Vomit, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Death, Sexual assault, Excrement, and Child abuse

Minor: Xenophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Murder, Fatphobia, and Miscarriage

ritamarika's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad medium-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

2.5

The movie was much better than the book. There were some really weird parts in this book that I wish I never had to read. The topic of drug addicts is an important one, but I can't get past how despicable some of the characters were. Some scenes made me sick to think about.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Drug abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Violence, and Child death

zoinkie's review

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Medical content, Racial slurs, Rape, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Sexual content, Alcohol, Racism, Vomit, Addiction, Classism, and Terminal illness

cleo_j's review

challenging funny reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Addiction, Violence, Sexual content, Death, Excrement, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Animal cruelty

chayaxlea's review

dark funny reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Homophobia, Abortion, Addiction, Excrement, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Child death, and Drug use

maxor76's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Drug use, Vomit, Chronic illness, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, and Drug abuse

Minor: Suicide attempt and Transphobia

camila_v's review

dark funny reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

4.75

I won't give it 5 stars, because I enjoyed the movie more and it made the characters seem more... human? Empathetic? Idk
This book is acid, hard, bleak and hilarious at the same time. 

It's all written in modern scots, so be aware of that. I recommend making your own glossary, you'll need it. 

This book is also a trigger warning fest, it has almost all trigger warning possible except necrophilia or something like that.
It's not for the thin skinned, but if you can handle anything that an author throws at you from the perspective of a drug addict in the 90's.

It's super recommended, even if you have never seen the movie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Homophobia

Minor: Animal cruelty

janewa's review

dark emotional funny reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Chronic illness, Classism, Death, Drug abuse, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Drug use, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, and Vomit

Minor: Pregnancy