Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Five Little Indians by Michelle Good

70 reviews

candaceross321's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Addiction, Drug abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

ryan4092's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Child death, Racism, Suicide, Child abuse, Self harm, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Animal death

gellyreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

3.75

I listened to this book and I think I maybe should’ve read it with my eyes. I struggled when the POVs changed sometimes. I also enjoyed some characters more than others, but this is a fairly solid, emotional book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Kidnapping, Rape, Racism, Child abuse, and Pedophilia

sgbray's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Mental illness, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Racism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Suicide

aplpaca's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Alcoholism, Drug use, Death, Religious bigotry, Racism, Drug abuse, and Addiction

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, Child death, and Violence

tmazzzzzi's review

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Suicide, Drug use, Racism, Addiction, Sexual violence, Rape, Racial slurs, and Hate crime

yourstrulytay's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-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

Moderate: Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Colonisation, Murder, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Death, Racism, Kidnapping, Alcoholism, Confinement, Child abuse, Child death, and Alcohol

velamik's review

emotional hopeful informative 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Racism, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, Death, Mental illness, Grief, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Torture

marchemvee's review

emotional informative reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

Emotional. Beautiful. Incredible. An absolute must read. While heart wrenching at times, Five Little Indians is a powerful and must-read novel to deepen an understanding of some lived experiences of Residential School survivors in Canada. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Torture, Rape, and Drug use

erburnside's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Hate crime, Genocide, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, Body shaming, Addiction, Forced institutionalization, Classism, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse