Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Blood Orange by Harriet Tyce

16 reviews

christina_h's review

Just an annoying main character and a pathetic excuse for a human being. she is not the badass woman I was promised, she begs for attention from a man who is self-absorbed and ignorant and while she doesn't want to hurt her family life she thinks that offering to help the dishes is enough to somehow piece her relationship back at home all the while neglecting her daughter. Not to mention she does some disgusting things in the book that just demeans the character even more for me. For those who enjoy realistic contemporary accounts, this could be for you but unfortunately, while i understand the struggle, I just couldn't relate to her choices in life as it was her choices that she made that affected her life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Alcoholism

oliviafaye's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

amberinbookland's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Murder, Grief, Gore, Excrement, Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Cursing, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, and Body horror

jess_cale's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

emory's review

dark slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Gore, Misogyny, and Vomit

abbies_books24's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This was good, I was hooked but I didn’t really enjoy it. I hated all the characters, I didn’t trust anyone, I needed to keep reading to find out what had happened but feel torn, can see why people love it and why people hate it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Rape