Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan

16 reviews

mar's review against another edition

adventurous 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

1.5

terminal case of "she breasted boobily down the stairs" writing :| honestly if u ever think abt reading this book just watch the Netflix show instead i promise you won't miss out on anything and you'll have more fun too

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Misogyny, Police brutality, Violence, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Drug use, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Torture

Minor: Child abuse

violence against sex workers in particular is a major recurring theme in the book

abby_reads_books's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Kidnapping, Murder, War, Addiction, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Drug abuse, Death, Cursing, Death of parent, Blood, Drug use, Physical abuse, Rape, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual violence

kerttuli's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Grief, Murder, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, and Gun violence

Moderate: Child death, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, Medical trauma, and Medical content

Minor: Infidelity and Alcohol

nightingale's review against another edition

So dark. So messed up. Just way too dark.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Gore, Cursing, Child death, Body horror, Blood, Rape, Violence, Vomit, Trafficking, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Slavery, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Grief, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Death

The sci-fi is really good. The world is really well designed and created but it's hectic it's a 18+ not for sensitive readers.

sillyduckie's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Drug use, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Addiction, Alcohol, Colonisation, Death, Grief, and Infidelity

crarmstrong's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark fast-paced

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

4.0

Gritty cyberpunk action packed ride. Very strong writing and interesting world building. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Drug use, Gore, and Torture

Minor: Murder