Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

729 reviews

nlg518's review

dark sad fast-paced

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

4.75

Barbara Kingsolver has a brilliantly incisive tone. She is able, through Damon, to explore a layered series of injustices that one must always keep in mind when evaluating the actions of others. It came to me highly recommended and I will continue the chain of endorsement. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, and Addiction

amylav's review

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

eknolan's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, and Addiction

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Child abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content

tdawgg07's review

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Drug use, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Sexual content, and Grief

Moderate: Cursing, Misogyny, Child abuse, Bullying, Racial slurs, Emotional abuse, Classism, Alcoholism, Racism, Physical abuse, Grief, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: Abandonment, Child death, Abortion, Animal cruelty, Self harm, Cancer, Chronic illness, and Gaslighting

jfarmer18's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

This book was a hard read. There were times where I didn’t want to finish it. But I’m glad I did, as it ended on a somewhat positive note, despite all the trauma, death, and pain throughout.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Death, and Child abuse

lizsim's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Torture, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Child death, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Cursing, and Pedophilia

Minor: Chronic illness, Gun violence, Bullying, and Classism

jdp_12's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Drug abuse

Moderate: Grief, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Gun violence, Murder, Death, Child abuse, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Violence, Racial slurs, and Homophobia

sarasreading's review

challenging dark hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

Rating this book is hard. There were parts that were an absolute 5 stars for me, and there were times I was struggling to keep going with it because it was almost too depressing, and kept dragging on. I started losing my investment in the story because it was becoming pretty hopeless for a while, and I thought the rest of the book would continue on that way. Thankfully I became invested again and it ended up being a very good read. I've never read David Copperfield, but this book does make me want to pick it up and compare.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, and Death

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Racism

sawyer_koh's review

Graphic domestic violence and homophobic language from certain characters, couldn’t stomach it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Child abuse, and Drug abuse

veeples's review

adventurous dark emotional funny slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Addiction, Alcohol, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism