Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Rumble by Ellen Hopkins

4 reviews

mouwuol's review against another edition

challenging dark informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Death, Child death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Bullying, Child abuse, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Suicide, Sexual content, and Outing

amariehoyos's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Outing, Death, Mental illness, Child death, Homophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Mental illness, and Abandonment

sierramc610's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

3.5

While I had a hard time personally with the content of this book, I think it was very personal and vivid. The format of the book did bother me though; it was really just a short story that they managed to make 546 pages long. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, and Homophobia

isabellaanderson's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

2.75

It was ok. First off, MC was not a good person at all.

He cheats on his girlfriend, seemed to be emotionally unavailable for his little brother who is eventually driven to killing himself, and seems to have a violent nature and access to a gun

Even so, sometimes you can't help but root for him. The problems he faces are huge and encompass his whole life, and the author does a good job of making you feel for him. This book was also a little too long, I feel it would have benefited from being just a little shorter. I thought the ending was a little strange but didn't hate it, it just came out of nowhere. The writing style was an interesting change of pace. Overall a pretty decent book, just not the best. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Outing, Religious bigotry, and Suicide