Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

Roxy by Jarrod Shusterman, Neal Shusterman

19 reviews

oliverreeds's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

writing is good. but its a little heavy handed. doesnt leave a lot of the metaphor to the imagination.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Vomit, Addiction, Alcohol, Cancer, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Child death, Drug use, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

dreamsofaplant's review

dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Death, Drug use, and Addiction

Minor: Car accident and Cancer

esme_may's review

dark emotional informative tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

There was a point in this book where I thought I was going to like it as much as some of Neal Shusterman's other books (I loved the Arc of a Scythe trilogy and Dry) as it was easy to get invested, but after a while it got repetitive. I used to be someone who kept up with the author's releases but I'm not sure that I still will given how widely my opinions on his different books vary

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Grief, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Car accident, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

lottykarottie's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Berauschende Lesereise

Beschreibung: 
Als Isaac der überirdisch schönen Roxy begegnet, zieht sie ihn sofort in ihren Bann. Er fühlt sich lebendig wie nie, alles ist leicht und nichts scheint unmöglich. Isaac ahnt nicht, dass Roxy kein normales Mädchen ist, sondern eine Droge, hergestellt in einem Labor, um die Menschen von ihrem Schmerz zu befreien. Und Millionen Menschen lieben sie dafür. Doch das ist Roxy nicht genug. Sie will beweisen, wie tödlich sie ist. 
Stell dir vor, Drogen wären Menschen wie du und ich ... Was würden sie fühlen, denken und wovon würden sie heimlich träumen?

In diesem Buch erzählen Neal und Jarrod Shusterman auf visuelle und kognitiv anspruchsvolle Weise die Wirkung von Drogen, dessen Missbrauch und die verheerenden Auswirkungen auf das Leben aller betroffenen. Dabei ist es egal ob diese legalisiert sind wie Alkohol oder illegal wie LSD oder Oxycodone. Man wird förmlich ein gesogen in eine Welt zwischen Rausch, Realitätsverlust und Fantasy- da die Drogen personifiziert werden. 
Es ist nicht vergleichbar mit anderen Jugendbüchern und trifft den Zeitgeist, indem Experimente von Jugendlichen mit Drogen nicht oft genug thematisiert werden. Außerdem visualisiert  die Geschichte eindringlich, wie leicht es ist in die Abhängigkeit zu rutschen und dass niemand vor eine solchen Sucht bzw. Abhängigkeit sicher ist, besonders innerhalb der USA, denn dort werden Opiate großzügig als Schmerzmittel verordnet.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Addiction, Alcoholism, Car accident, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

aishablue's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Violence

princess_peach's review

challenging dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

I enjoyed this book as much as one can enjoy a book about addiction. It was interesting to have the perspectives of both Roxy and Adderall along with the two main characters, Issac and Ivy. I've seen some criticisms about stigmatizing the use of Adderall, which I understand and maybe the authors could have at least put an author's note highlighting that medications help many many many people and that medication stigma is a harmful barrier to people asking for or accessing needed medications.

I think the scenes with Rit(alin) and Adderall are really helpful to show how much the medication does help and how it is a good tool to use for ADD and ADHD. Ivy's increase in productivity and focus when she's taking it as prescribed shows that it works as it's being used. Ivy's misuse of the medication shows that it, along with any other drugs, can be harmful when misused. Roxy's statements about how it "helps people" are more clear-- more "told than showed", whereas Adderall's was more "shown than told."

I don't think that the book specifies that Adderall is inherently more or worse than other drugs that are used or misused; rather that it can be misused. I think it's an interesting approach to use prescription drugs as the main drugs of the book because prescription drugs may be more accessible. A guide for the names of the drugs would have been helpful, and the "Party" could have been a little more clearly explained. Also, the time line of events seemed a little rushed for me, though to be fair, I don't know if there's a "typical" timeline for addiction.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Medical content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Car accident, Grief, Violence, and Vomit

hannalizzy's review

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

3.5

I liked this book! It was definitely worth a read. I’ve never seen a story that balances a dream world/real world so well in live time and multiple POVs. I found the different drug references interesting, and it was kind of fun to try and figure out what characters represented each drug. Fast paced, well done, very sad but with a hopeful end for one of the siblings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Car accident and Death

Minor: Grief, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

chloeeee's review

dark emotional sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Death

Moderate: Medical content, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Car accident, Eating disorder, Vomit, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

soubhi's review

dark tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicidal thoughts