Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder

5 reviews

ekcd_'s review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

2.0

I read this in high school (15 years ago) and I have thought about it regularly since then. What a good book it was, how I knew it was the beginning of loving fantasy. 

Decided to read it again and uh. It’s kinda bad? The prose is trash, like truly trash. FMC is a little annoying, a little too situationally perfect. Valek is whatever. Of course the only loveable characters are the hulking loyal body cards Yelena befriends by being ~so smol and fierce~

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Torture, Deadnaming, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gore, Abandonment, Death, Drug use, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, Addiction, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Child death, Blood, Vomit, Child abuse, Transphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Outing, and Suicidal thoughts

spaghettii's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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

4.75

I could not put this book down! I had a hard time predicting a lot of the book, which was a nice change.

I knew Rand was going to betray her at some point because of how Valek described him, but wow. I like that despite being portrayed as the bad guy there was still depth to the chatacter.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Bullying, Physical abuse, Violence, Vomit, Transphobia, Confinement, Sexism, Drug use, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Torture, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content

littlewishling's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

I love this series. Every character from hero to villain feels so real and unique and I love the magic system Snyder has created.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

Minor: Vomit, Child death, and Kidnapping

feverdreamhigh's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Vomit, Drug use, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

soniajoy98's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Violence