Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Saving Noah by Lucinda Berry

9 reviews

levzies's review

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Check triggers - It’s a hard read topic wise. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Drug abuse, and Sexual violence

heartfelthullabaloo's review

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

Maybe because I’m a boy mom of a 15 year old, but this story punched me right in the gut. How utterly devastating. How do you go your whole parenthood protecting them from predators to this? The whole thing was too real and devastating. I’m just gutted about it. I pray I never have to endure this reality past the pages of this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Abandonment, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Child death, Violence, Drug abuse, Death, and Bullying

Moderate: Violence, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual assault, and Religious bigotry

alexboutilierreed's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

 
Wow. I was at 5 stars until the reveal about Lucas. Death to Lucas. Mom was also annoying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Child death, Drug abuse, Vomit, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Pedophilia

hadavis87's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, and Suicide

Moderate: Grief and Drug abuse

Minor: Child death and Vomit

bookwormofinsta's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Child abuse, Suicide, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Child death, and Pedophilia

meeklovestoread's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I can understand based on the contents of this book and what it tackles why someone would rate this poorly. I kind of went in blind (I didn't know much about what the book was about); I just read it on a whim. I think the author did a good job of handling the sensitivity of the topic without making it seem like she was romanticizing the perpetrator. I found myself feeling sympathy for both parties (more so the girls). I'm not going to lie getting insight into Noah's feelings about children did make me grimace and angry, but I couldn't help but have a tad bit of sympathy for him because no one hates himself more than Noah does. Also, at first, I understood where the mom was coming from, she just wanted to protect her son, but I really don't think she understood the severity of what her son had done which is why I completely understand why some would find her annoying (the dad was no better in my opinion). The ending and what happens still leaves me conflicted. 

I don't condone the mom helping her son die (in the eyes of the law, that's 1st-degree murder), however, I completely get what she did it. Mercy killings (I think that's what they're called) are very complicated to me when faced with those scenarios. It really shows you how everything isn't so black and white.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Suicide, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, Blood, Bullying, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Self harm, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Vomit, Confinement, Cursing, and Medical content

Minor: Murder, Abandonment, and Outing

mandasue's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Pedophilia

corywbowers's review

challenging dark sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Grief, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Sexual harassment, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Drug abuse, Child death, Vomit, Violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Self harm, Rape, Mental illness, Incest, Bullying, and Child abuse

whatmarisareads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Drug abuse