Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Jack Spintecătorul. Crimele din Whitechapel by Kerri Maniscalco

48 reviews

miakoda's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

It's definitely written for a young audience and the emotions of the characters are not very nuanced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use and Death of parent

toshi's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug abuse and Drug use

parker_rj's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Medical content, and Murder

Moderate: Forced institutionalization

Minor: Drug abuse and Drug use

jia_pet's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Terminal illness, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

abbiexhope's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gore, Misogyny, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Drug use, Vomit, and Cannibalism

abcdefgerda's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Alcohol

mklinkenborg's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Interesting premise. I enjoy a feminist heroine but this protagonist spent far too much time harping on how she was different from other women and bemoaning how the men around her underestimated her. I get it it. Men and the patriarchy are the worst, but we probably could have stopped wasting so much narration on making the same point over and over. Also I guessed the twist ending pretty early on which made the protagonist's obliviousness frustrating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

fremzz's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

Minor: Animal death, Torture, and Alcohol

Slight spoilers for first and second book The drug use/abuse is referring to her father's use of opium and Thomas’s smoking (although I’ve read he stops in the second book)

rose_88's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Second time reading this book, and it’s just as amazing the second time.  I loved the dynamic between Audrey Rose and Thomas, as well as how the author was able to make their interactions to not be filled with sexism like many others during the time period.

I loved how Audrey Rose reacted to “the men in her life trying to chain her”, first with her Father keeping her in the house, then with Nathaniel when her Father was absent, even Blackburn when the only reason he wanted her help was the try and win her affections and marry her.

I loved how she constantly talked back to men trying to put her down because of her gender, and how she did it both politely and rudely at times.

I really enjoyed how the author foreshadowed Nathaniel as  Jack the Ripper, as this was a reread I already knew but while reading i noticed so many things I had missed, like how nervous he got anything the police were near, as well as how much he hated Audrey Rose’s involvement when things got more complicated and more murders occurred.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, and Alcohol

rania_sofia's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Blood, Medical content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Cannibalism