Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

The Missing Half by Ashley Flowers

31 reviews

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional mysterious medium-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

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     It wasn’t a terrific book, mostly because I didn’t find any of the characters to be likable. They seem to have started as selfish and continued to get more so as the book progressed. The ending was a twist I didn’t see coming, while other “twists” were pretty obvious. 

    This book tackled a lot of hard topics, which made it an overall dark and sad book. I wish it had some glimmer of light in it. It’s quite a depressing read, to be honest. Overall, a decent thriller about bad people doing terrible things, with a lot of twists and turns. I appreciated the lack of a romantic storyline. 

Narrator Rating: 5.0 stars

     The narrator did an amazing job! Great voices for everyone that seemed to fit who they were. 

 

Elements 

Heartfelt- 💔 💔 💔 💔 
Horror- N/A
Love aka Romance-N/A
Predictability- 🔮 🔮 

Spice-N/A
Tear- 😭  😭 
Thrill- 😲 😲 😲 
Humor-N/A

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Rape, Sexual assault

There is NO adult/minor relationship! It's a relationship between a woman in college and a much older man.

svalles's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Infidelity, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Car accident, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail

rfreeflem's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Car accident, Murder

shhyawn's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol

andreamichelle22's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Honestly, didn’t see it coming. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Murder

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship

stacyg831's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Infidelity, Rape, Violence, Car accident, Murder

perikatheryn's review against another edition

1.0

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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The parts of this book that were an actual mystery were great.. but there wasn’t enough of them for me. I would have enjoyed less of Nic’s self-loathing and more mystery sleuthing. It feels like a waste that Jenna died, and it seems entirely out of Nic’s character in that moment. It also is hard for me to believe that they can just dump both of the sisters off at a swamp with no repercussions.. or that Casie’s logical brain would choose going MISSING over being honest. I think All Good People Here is still the shining star. At the very least, this book was an interesting palate cleanser for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Murder, Sexual harassment

emmawdowik's review against another edition

2.5

dark mysterious sad 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

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It wasn’t my jam. Flat, unlikeable characters, disjointed plot pacing, and the ending left me annoyed. But hey, at least the cat that we spend more than one scene with is adopted to a stranger instead of being harmed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Gun violence, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship

courtney_church's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol

Moderate: Rape, Kidnapping

vagariousmind's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Kidnapping, Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer