Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

A Vicious Game by Melissa Blair

15 reviews

kingkiller99's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

3.5

I enjoyed this book, though I don’t think it was as good as the first one. I will say I did not expect the plot twist towards the end at all! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Addiction

Minor: Torture

lriehl's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

3.5

 Okay, you had me up until the twist. There was just something about it that I couldn't really wrap my head around, maybe that's because it was the audio version and they had different voices? Also, as many reviews said before me, I thought this was a trilogy... 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Alcoholism

medootza's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

The plot twist towards the end had me reeling. Blair does an amazing and heart wrenching job depicting grief, guilt, and loss in a way that you don’t see often in “hero” stories. The main character Keera is so well written and all the supporting characters have so much depth. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Self harm

adoptedbuttons's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

give me the 4th one already

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Addiction

Moderate: Physical abuse

edey_books's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Violence

eidiya's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, War, Grief, Addiction, Death, Classism, and Slavery

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual content, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Hate crime and Genocide

aheroux_24's review

adventurous emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Self harm

Minor: Colonisation

sophierosemaria's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Book 1 was good, book 2 great, and book 3 phenomenal. 
The story line had me drawn in from the start, but this last book had me COMMITTED. Slowest I’ve read a book in a while because I didn’t want it to end. 
You can really tell how the writing got better in each book, which was my biggest complaint about 1 and 2. I’m really glad I stuck to it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and War

kay_chan's review

adventurous challenging 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Alcoholism

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Sexual violence

elskede's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcohol, Blood, Sexual content, War, Trafficking, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Addiction, Violence, Cursing, Vomit, Racism, Physical abuse, and Fire/Fire injury