Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

31 reviews

megshrews's review

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, and Drug use

Moderate: Violence and Gun violence

eyreickson's review

dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Drug use

Moderate: Colonisation and Cultural appropriation

thislibrarylife's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use and Pandemic/Epidemic

booksandteatime's review

challenging emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Police brutality, Death, Colonisation, Grief, Drug use, Cultural appropriation, Violence, Suicide attempt, Medical trauma, Racism, and Panic attacks/disorders

jesstaurant's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Animal death, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Police brutality, Abandonment, Addiction, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, and Drug abuse

sydneyjn's review

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

I struggled with this book.  Set in Minneapolis during the George Floyd riots and the pandemic, this is HEAVY.  This is also heavy because of the decisions the characters make, though I have the admit that the combination of making decisions that are good for you and ones that are self-destructive was very real.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic and Police brutality

Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Racism, Abandonment, Drug use, and Forced institutionalization

rae1019's review against another edition

challenging emotional

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Cultural appropriation, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Slavery, Animal death, Child abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Religious bigotry, Addiction, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Trafficking

madzie's review

challenging emotional reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Cultural appropriation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Addiction, Police brutality, and Abandonment

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, and Drug use

reasek's review

emotional hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Drug abuse, and Death

Minor: Violence

blacksphinx's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious reflective slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Police brutality, Racism, Cultural appropriation, Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical content, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Drug abuse, Colonisation, Drug use, and Addiction