Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Dom sióstr marnotrawnych by Krystal Sutherland

52 reviews

lyssb's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Stalking, and Body horror

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Stalking

Minor: Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Addiction, Alcohol, Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, and Vomit

mmefish's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

Did not expect to cry or feel much but I did. 

Check trigger warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Kidnapping, Death, Grief, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Child death, and Vomit

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Drug use, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Car accident, Excrement, Alcoholism, and Animal death

bluejupiter1818's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Violence

Minor: Addiction

dorleness's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

I absolutely loved this book. I had a lot of expectations for it and I was not disappointed at all. Also, I'm a slow reader ( and I couldn't put it down, ) so I read it in 2 days. It's a good book if you want to start to read in English I think.

I saw the end coming, like I knew that it wasn't the hollow sisters, but I still wanted to understand how they did it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicide, Medical content, Mental illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, Body horror, and Alcoholism

ocean's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I love the writing of this book and the story really pulled me in. I couldn’t put it down! Loved the mysterious, gory, floral, decaying vibes. Didn’t love the way the author writes mental health issues. I looked at some of her other work and I didn't like how disability was represented either. It’s safe to say this author prefers to use disability and mental health issues as thematic elements to add to the story, rather than actual representation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Suicide, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Death of parent, Gore, Medical content, Stalking, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Violence

Minor: Car accident, Forced institutionalization, Ableism, Addiction, Animal death, and Death

emily_mh's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

4.5. I was REALLY pleasantly surprised by this one. It was super spooky and mysterious, and Sutherland's prose was beautiful and descriptive. I loved the focus on the sisters and their relationship. Also, the ending was incredibly satisfying. I will say there was a little too much retrospective monologuing on Iris' part. Also,

the kiss between Tyler and Iris was so unnecessary! It completely undermined Iris' character, who up until this point was completely dedicated to Grey. If she truly was dedicated, she wouldn't have kissed her boyfriend

!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual assault, Death, Vomit, and Death of parent

Moderate: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Stalking, Drug use, Suicide, Child abuse, Cursing, Body horror, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Violence, Child death, Kidnapping, Grief, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Misogyny, Animal death, Pedophilia, Trafficking, Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Car accident, Excrement, Physical abuse, Bullying, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Self harm, Sexism, Mental illness, Ableism, Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence

HP reference. Moderate warnings for loss of a loved one, missing child, drowning, self injury, insects. Minor warnings for stillbirth, internalised misogyny.

leaf_arrow's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicide, Grief, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Murder, Medical content, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Bullying, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Addiction, and Abandonment

trixtabella's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

One New Years eve three little girls are on a Street in Edinburgh with their parents, a quick kiss on the stroke of midnight and the girls vanish into thin air as their parents share a kiss.

One month later the girls reappear on the same street naked and seemingly unhurt except for a crescent shaped cut which has been neatly sewn together with no memory of where they have been or who had them.

10 years later and we're with the Youngest Hollow sister Iris, and the story follows what has happened since that fateful night and how it has affected all of their lives and now her older sister Grey has gone missing without a trace and Iris and her sister Vivi know they need to find her. 

As you move through the story you start to realise that the girls didn't come back the same as they left on that fateful NYE. Strange things happen to them, they seem to hold a power over people, wispers and rumours of them being witches and a father who went mad convienced that his daughters never returned that night.

Follow the Hollow sister as they uncover what happened to their sister and who exactly they are.

I really enjoyed this story but it was just lacking in a little extra punch for me I'd have liked it to be a bit scarier especially the scenes with the man in the bull mask and when they eventually go the the half world, it had loads if potential to be a 5 star for me, I don't know if it was because the book is YA and that's why the scare factor was dialed back a bit but I was just looking for a bit more scare factor.

I enjoyed the premise of the story the folklore aspect was brilliant a nice addition to the changeling myth. I'd have liked to explore the sisters powers a bit more and understand who and what they were. I'd really be interested in a sequel to this to answer those questions for me and to learn more about Iris, Vivi and Grey.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Suicide, Vomit, Drug abuse, Gore, Addiction, Blood, Child death, and Death

ruthieelisa's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Child death, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Gore, Sexual assault, Stalking, Blood, Body horror, Kidnapping, Violence, and Vomit

ghostlyprince's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Child death, Death, Grief, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Trafficking, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Addiction, Misogyny, Murder, and Alcoholism

Minor: Infertility and Infidelity