Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

129 reviews

rosalind's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative reflective 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Miscarriage, Child death, Xenophobia, Racism, Transphobia, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Homophobia

Moderate: Death, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Slavery, Sexism, Bullying, Drug use, Hate crime, Misogyny, and Physical abuse

Minor: Fatphobia, Death of parent, Antisemitism, and Islamophobia

taleofabibliophile's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Transphobia, and Violence

Minor: Child death, Excrement, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts

aimsro's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Drug use, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

nell216's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

I've decided I have trouble with short stories that are interconnected. Which is what this basically is. I tend to feel a bit disjointed from the stories. That being said, I really enjoyed the writing in this one. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Drug use

bookreviewsgr'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Δώδεκα αυτοτελείς ιστορίες που διαπλέκονται μεταξύ τους και δημιουργούν ένα σύγχρονο μυθιστόρημα. Διαβάστε περισσότερα στο  <a href="https://bookreviewsgr.home.blog/2021/02/07/girl-woman-other/">blog μου</a>.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Racism, Rape, Transphobia, Abortion, Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Islamophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Xenophobia, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Racial slurs

martinatan's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Bullying, Deadnaming, Drug use, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Xenophobia

Minor: Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, and Racial slurs

kpharoah's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Drug use, Toxic relationship, and Slavery

myfriendthatcanread's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Drug use, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Infidelity, Death, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

kaylamoran's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

I really loved the way all of the stories linked together!  As I was reading each person's story I was so excitedly looking for Easter eggs from the other stories, to see how they interacted.  Seeing it all come together at the end was satisfying 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Rape, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, Transphobia, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Sexism, Racism, Racial slurs, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Infidelity, Islamophobia, Homophobia, and Grief

Minor: Antisemitism

daniel0292's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Racism, and Toxic relationship