Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Kleopatra i Frankenstein by Teresa Komłosz, Coco Mellors

492 reviews

queenbri's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-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

3.75

I loved the character development, the drama, the setting, etc. Found some parts to be slow. But overall good read!

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Drug use, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, and Drug abuse

nineinchnails's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

more detailed review to come but for now let’s just say it was a little disappointing 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Self harm, Drug use, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Grief, Animal death, and Drug abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Death of parent, Suicide, and Addiction

Disordered eating

livcashmere's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.0

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, and Death

lgiery's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-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

4.0

Addictive. An exploration of the complexities of human relationships. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

brewitcher's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad 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? Yes

4.25

This one is such a page turner. It’s a story about dysfunctional, broken and very human people. Every chapter endearingly ends on a bittersweet notes. The writing is clever and there are a lot of good throwbacks to previous scenes and dialogues.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, and Drug abuse

jenni_bear's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense slow-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

5.0

This book was horrific but beautiful; reading it will make you judge a stranger differently than before <3

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Addiction, and Sexual content

cleotheo's review against another edition

emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Blood, Toxic friendship, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide and Dementia

Minor: Misogyny, Sexism, and Racism

sofiarf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Suicide attempt, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Mental illness, and Terminal illness

lauren_may_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

thebooktroup's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, and Toxic relationship