Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Moja temna Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

434 reviews

tmickey's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use

Minor: Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts

celah's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Stalking, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Drug use, Pedophilia

ioana00's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

caaaaaath's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal death, Drug use, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol

heavenlyangel's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use

jaiari12's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship

Moderate: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Grief, Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Drug use, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent

pagesofsasha's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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this book was interesting but didn’t captivate me the way i expected. i think going into things with high expectations is always hard and they are rarely met. i found the writing style to be similar to colleen hoover’s, which was not something i enjoyed. vanessa’s mindset towards her situation was interesting to read

and it was clear how strane’s words had manipulated and affected her. in terms of character development, i found that vanessa didn’t have very much. right towards the end when she finally told her therapist what had happened to her, and when her and taylor had their final run in with each other she exhibited some signs of acknowledging what had happened. i understand it was important to the story that strane had manipulated her so much that she never wanted to turn him in and denied telling her story to the journalist, but even in her therapy she was still denying that she had been abused. also, when her mother found the polaroid of her and strane together and then did nothing i was shocked and confused. even if she didn’t immediately want to tell her dad, and later on she told vanessa she didn’t want to put her through a trial and court etc, i was still expecting her to at least talk to vanessa privately and for them to work through it.

overall the book was good but not great

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Gaslighting

Moderate: Drug use, Suicide

meganjsulli's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment

emilymyra's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault

Moderate: Drug use, Suicide, Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Death of parent

luvsbagels's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The subject matter of this book made it an extremely difficult read, but it's very fast paced so it was a quick read for me. This is definitely a book I'll be thinking about for a very long time. 

Please please please go into this book prepared. I tried to include as many trigger warnings as I could remember but it's possible I missed some. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Sexual harassment