Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

A Botanist's Guide to Flowers and Fatality by Kate Khavari

5 reviews

tess_gee's review

mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

Solid read, I didn't read the first book and I was still able to keep up. If you like a mystery with a dash of romantic tension. I coulda done with more botany though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Blood

Moderate: Murder, Drug use, Chronic illness, Addiction, Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

bellulapatata's review

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

This book is full of details of the time period it is set in. You can tell the author did her research and it is immersive. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Death

Moderate: Addiction and Alcohol

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Gore, Death of parent, Gun violence, Medical content, Suicide, War, and Kidnapping

prairieraven's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

Good book for history and mystery fans. Entertaining, light and fun. Not the most shocking who-done-it but a nice easy brain break. Strong female lead characters and supporting characters, passes the #BeschdelTest for sure! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Classism, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Grief, Addiction, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Dysphoria, and Toxic relationship

daniellestarredpages's review

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

3.5

When I requested this ARC, I wasn't aware that this was a sequel. I read it anyway as the book was readable without reading the first book. I found the MCs to be enjoyable to read about, though the side characters could've been fleshed out a bit more. I originally thought Saffron and Lee would play a bigger part in the overall investigation, I enjoyed the things they did do anyway. I hoped there would be a bit more romantic development between Saffron and Lee, as there was a good amount of tension but it ultimately went nowhere (technically). However, the overall reading experience was great

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Addiction, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Violence

Minor: Child death and Sexual harassment

acwhite's review against another edition

mysterious relaxing fast-paced

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

4.5

I adored Parties & Poisons so I was very excited when I got the DRC of the sequel from Edelweiss.

A worthy successor to the fun of the first book, though I wasn’t quite as drawn in at the beginning. After the halfway point though I could hardly put it down.

The introduction of Dr. Lee is an interesting development, and the twists and turns of the mystery kept me guessing and engaged.

All in all I thoroughly enjoyed myself and the ending left me very excited for the next installment. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Mental illness, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death, Drug abuse, Addiction, Violence, War, Toxic friendship, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, and Classism

Minor: Death of parent, Vomit, Abortion, and Gun violence