Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh by Molly Greeley

34 reviews

lord_morpheus's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug use, Medical trauma, Drug abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexism, Confinement, Medical content, Death of parent, and Homophobia

Minor: Outing, Sexual content, Ableism, Vomit, and Body shaming

burnourhistory's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Addiction, and Drug use

Minor: Homophobia, Death, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Pregnancy

samanthalh's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Ableism

Moderate: Homophobia and Medical trauma

hmatt's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

Another great contemporary addition to the <I>P&P</I> universe. I'm finding that I quite enjoy these stories where we deep-dive into a minor character. 

For whatever reason, though, I wasn't quite as compelled by this novel as I was by <I>The Other Bennet Sister</I>, which is the last one of these takes I read. This one is a bit lighter on plot, maybe, and it feels a bit too long. Part 4, in my opinion, was completely unnecessary and can be omitted from your reading.

Moreover, what the f is the author trying to say about substance dependency and abuse in Part 4?? Because it kind of seems like they're glamourizing it by having Ann return to using laudanum, which is not cool.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Classism, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Drug use, Gaslighting, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Pregnancy, Grief, Medical content, Death of parent, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Outing and Rape

Minor "rape" tag refers to one instance in Part 3 where a character describes engaging in sex with their partner in a period-typical way that would be considered non-consensual now.

shelbybelby's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual content

barleymowetc's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Addiction, and Child abuse

Minor: Death and Death of parent

library_raider's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction

chaptereleven's review against another edition

emotional reflective relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Drug abuse

marxistnarnian's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction and Drug use

sapphic_in_the_stacks's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

Based on the characters of Austen's Pride and Prejudice, this story focuses on Anne de Borough, the daughter of Lady Catherine de Borough, and original intended of Mr. Darcy. While Pride and Prejudice simply mentions Anne as being unwell, this retelling suggests that her illness was due to laudanum, given to her as "medication" since soon after her birth. This interesting premise is also colored with a Sapphic slant, as Anne begins to find out who she is without her "medicine." 

A beautifully written book. Greeley often describes Anne as "like a poet," but it's Greeley's words and phrasing that lends a near poetic quality to the pages. Beautifully descriptive and engaging, though the pacing of this book was rather slow, you never felt the urge to put it down out of boredom. Anne is a complex character, and the way she sees and describes the world is captivating. Her romance was similarly beautifully written, balancing realistic expectations for the era with character desires. I was worried that the ending would be tinged with sadness, as many Sapphic books (especially historical retellings) do, but I was pleasantly surprised with how perfectly the book wrapped up. One of my favorite books that I've read all year. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction