Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

26 reviews

joann_l's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, War, Death, Death of parent, and Drug use

bao_bao's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use

_fallinglight_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Sexual assault, and War

Moderate: Suicide and Suicide attempt

moonytoast's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.75

“we are all migrants through time.”

maybe would’ve rated this higher if there weren’t sentences verging on seven or more lines long…. if it would necessitate a block quote, it shouldn’t be a single sentence! trust me, this is coming from a resident long sentence girlie who constantly got feedback about how long my sentences were in my essays for high school. 

all in all though, this was a nice read and an interesting examination of how magical realism could impact our world’s sociopolitical climate and policies (i.e. nativism and immigration politics).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, War, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Xenophobia, Drug use, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, and Misogyny

Minor: Child death, Police brutality, and Fire/Fire injury

amandalorianxo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective 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? No

4.0

Heartbreaking but it felt like a genuine, believable story from start to finish. We meet Nadia and Saeed(pronounced Sade) are from a city of which we don’t know the name of (I presume somewhere Arab.) Saeed is drawn to Nadia and verbally expresses him wanting to get to know her, despite her not fully a traditional woman at the time in the sense that she rides a motorcycle of some kind and has expressed she doesn’t pray. Why she wears her black robes in particular? “ So men don’t fuck me with me.” One of my favorite lines ! We travel with Nadia and Saeed from this unnamed city to Greece, to London and finally California. I don’t want to spoil the ending but I thought it was a realistic and again genuine way of maturing as we get older about our wants and needs. Looking forward to more from this author ! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Death of parent, Violence, Death, and War

Minor: Drug use

emmaowens's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Xenophobia, Drug use, Grief, Police brutality, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

lynneliu's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: War, Drug use, Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual harassment and Racism

thenonmouse's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

Moderate: Self harm, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, and Drug use

Minor: Slavery, Police brutality, Gun violence, and Colonisation

caitline's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug use, Gun violence, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and War

hannahr's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, War, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, and Violence