Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

7 reviews

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

This was always my favorite vampire book series. Lots of original content, addressing classism, plenty of drama, and a ton of adventure. My only criticism is that there isn’t a ton of build up for either of the romances. I understand that a decent amount of time passed in the book and the author couldn’t write about every little interaction that made people fall in love but she could’ve spent a smidge more time on it. Other than that a great read with good plot twists! The narrator was good but she said Strigoi weird

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Classism, Grief, Kidnapping, and Stalking

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Torture, Sexual content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Death of parent

dixiecarroll's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

Honestly this is a whole lot of fun. My best friend has been trying to get me to read these for probably 10 years now and I finally got around to it… and I wished I hadn’t waited! It’s not perfect, but the story is well done and it’s quite the page turner. Can’t wait to keep reading the series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Abortion, Blood, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Animal death, Car accident, and Death of parent

ashleysager's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Self harm, Blood, and Animal death

Moderate: Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Addiction

Minor: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Death

the_escapist's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Classism, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Self harm, Car accident, and Blood

Minor: Abandonment, Addiction, Sexual assault, Animal death, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Torture, Terminal illness, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Gore, and Animal cruelty

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Phenomenal world building

This was always my favorite vampire book series. Lots of original content, addressing classism, plenty of drama, and a ton of adventure. My only criticism is that there isn’t a ton of build up for either of the romances. I understand that a decent amount of time passed in the book and the author couldn’t write about every little interaction that made people fall in love but she could’ve spent a smidge more time on it. Other than that a great read with good plot twists!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal death, Self harm, Terminal illness, Torture, Grief, Medical trauma, and Classism

Moderate: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, and Kidnapping

Minor: Sexual content, Abortion, and Death of parent

madeleineelr's review

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, and Self harm

Moderate: Bullying, Car accident, Death, Mental illness, and Sexism

Minor: Addiction and Suicide attempt

iviarelle's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

2022

Early on I thought I would revise my original rating more, but having finished it... Not so much. It's very 2007, from the mutual crush on a teacher (though not followed through on) to the extremely awkward handling of self harm and depression, from the Not Like Other Girls to the style and structure of the plot itself.

It's not an unpleasant read but it needs the "aged like bread" warning before you head in. Some of it still looks fine but there's some faintly blue fuzz on one corner of the loaf.

Also, I'm endlessly amused by "I'll read more!" and then proceeding to read exactly 0 further pages in 6 years. This time maybe!

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2016

The pacing is a little bit off for me, but this book kept me reading to the end and I'll probably read more of the series which is more than I can say for some books!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Death, Classism, Self harm, Kidnapping, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Grief, Car accident, Blood, Torture, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Animal death, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death of parent, Infidelity, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Terminal illness, Adult/minor relationship, and Physical abuse

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, and Outing