Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray Pollock

6 reviews

snowiceblackfruit77's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, War, Cancer, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Misogyny, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Grief, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Stalking, Violence, Vomit, Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Excrement, Pedophilia, and Racial slurs

outofthepinksky's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

3.5

Very fast-paced and entertaining.  However, the story was deeply flawed for me by the sheer amount of homophobia and fatphobia.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Suicide, Death of parent, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Death, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Police brutality, Ableism, Drug use, Rape, Blood, Animal death, Body shaming, Addiction, Cursing, Sexual assault, and Transphobia

Minor: Grief, Vomit, Religious bigotry, and Excrement

augustinedreams's review against another edition

This book isn't dark, tense, or mysterious; it's slow and boring. And leaves me with a feeling of disgust; why is every woman in this book called slurs & participates in prostitution? There is no reason for it. This book has one to many problematic trigger warning to be redeemable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Grief, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, and Sexism

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Vomit, and Violence

escapinginpaper's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Abortion, Excrement, Homophobia, Kidnapping, and Sexual content

Minor: Incest and War

sphealrical's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Abortion and Transphobia

zoewrath's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Abortion, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Vomit