Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Be Not Far From Me by Mindy McGinnis

14 reviews

ccoterie's review against another edition

3.0

My heart is broken as an avid possum lover.

The March Book Club Pick.
I don't gravitate toward this genre. At all. My preconceived notions tend to keep me away: if I've read one book about a strong, but ultimately boring, protagonist fighting to survive in the woods, then I've read them all. Ashely's inner monologue was surprisingly compelling. She follows the tough character mold, but not in a way that feels stereotypical. The glimpses we got into her relationships made me cheer her on. Her revelations had weight and felt realistic in this wild situation. The book didn't hold any punches and I'm happy about that. 
[ WILL UPDATE AFTER MEETING ] 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Drug use, and Animal death

cosmicpanda's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Vomit, Gore, Infidelity, Cursing, Alcohol, Animal death, Death, Drug use, and Racism

sonygaystation's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Vomit, Death, Animal death, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, and Abandonment

Minor: Drug use, Sexual harassment, Infidelity, and Suicidal thoughts

100_pages_hr's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Cursing, Infidelity, Medical content, Alcohol, Blood, Drug use, Medical trauma, Death, Vomit, and Abandonment

Minor: Sexual content

mistress_of_fire's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Cursing, Blood, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Grief, and Infidelity

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, and Animal death

Minor: Drug abuse and Drug use

theonlybaillie's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Drug use, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Animal death, and Cursing

Minor: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

mirandap442's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Drug use, Self harm, and Vomit

Minor: Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Mental illness

trulydevious's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Animal death, and Gore

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, and Infidelity

Minor: Classism, Misogyny, and Blood

abitofapoet's review against another edition

dark tense

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.75

oh my god i hated this book. About 25% through i was thinking i would give it two stars but it just kept getting worse. 

The main character is absolutely insufferable, the only thing she talks about is how she’s not like other girls, she doesn’t like people, and she doesn’t believe in god. it’s those three things just restated over and over again a hundred times. Usually I can overlook swearing, but she used the F word maybe every three minutes and it just added to how irritating she is, plus i found her obsession with her childhood mentor outright creepy.

WHO CRAWLS IN AND HAS A CHAT WITH A CORPSE?!

 

There were also some major plot holes and grammatical errors. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Animal death, Death, Infidelity, and Gore

Moderate: Sexual content and Drug use

Minor: Child abuse

soswiin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

it’s such a disgusting and raw book? but it’s so beautiful?? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Body horror, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship