Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

The Woman in the Library, by Sulari Gentill

14 reviews

caseythereader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Alcohol, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/injury detail, Murder, Addiction, Medical content, Blood, Cursing, Drug abuse, Gun violence, and Stalking

Moderate: Torture and Rape

Minor: Racism and Sexual content

pollyhall's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Drug use, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Addiction, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Death, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Blood, Biphobia, Emotional abuse, Grief, Violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

insatiablewanderlust's review

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

This was a great book! It kept me guessing right up until the murderer was revealed. Sadly, I had pegged the wrong killer, but it was still fun! The letters in between chapters were a little confusing at first and then, as an editor, they just irritated me because I felt like Leo was giving her horrible advice, but then it all kind of started to fall in place and the light bulb slowly started to turn on. The story within a story within a story was a bit confusing at times, but it works. It was hard sometimes to remember that the entire work was fictional. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Minor: Rape, Addiction, and Racism

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Drug abuse, Addiction, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Gore, Injury/injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Stalking and Physical abuse

Minor: Sexual assault and Rape