Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Rivals by Katharine McGee

13 reviews

ems_rxlibrary's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Car accident and Dementia

Moderate: Abandonment, Racism, Classism, and Drug use

Minor: Sexual content

julierambaeck's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring lighthearted tense fast-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

4.0

I think this is a really solid ya series! I really liked the topics in this one and the character dynamics.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, Misogyny, Infidelity, Death of parent, Car accident, and Drug use

haleybre's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Dementia, Medical content, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Ableism, Drug use, Car accident, and Toxic relationship

kassidyreads's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted 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

Moderate: Bullying, Racism, Sexism, Emotional abuse, and Car accident

Minor: Drug use and Dementia

amberinpieces's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Alcohol, and Bullying

Minor: Car accident, Cursing, Classism, Medical content, Racism, Drug use, and Grief

aklovekorn's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Grief, Alcohol, Bullying, Classism, Car accident, Dementia, Infidelity, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

iamthelizardqueen's review against another edition

lighthearted tense 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? Yes

4.75

This may have taken me a while to finish but it was so good! The ending had me on the edge of my seat. Excited that a fourth one is coming soon. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Racism, Car accident, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Grief, and Drug use

haley_reads_books's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.75

I liked this one a lot!! It posed situations that I didn’t see coming at all and I loved the character development as they solved their different problems. I’m rooting for all the characters to find their happy endings! Kinda annoyed with the ending though, we’ve already done the

people in hospital/sick/dying people thing already with the king and himari

so I hope McGee continues to find ways to keep it interesting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use

Moderate: Car accident, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Sexism, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Colonisation, Death, Classism, and Pregnancy

readingwithmeredith's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Cursing, Medical content, Drug use, and Alcohol

alisonvh's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

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

3.0

This series is completely bonkers, but I love it anyway. I have no idea what mood to give it. It wants to be emotional, but it's not well written enough for me to actually get invested in any of the emotions. I find it funny, but that's not the author's intent. There needs to be a category for "unnecessary drama" because that's how I classify this whole series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Dementia, and Car accident

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Racism and Pregnancy