Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

The Break by Katherena Vermette

26 reviews

rideauriverreads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cursing, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Child death, Blood, Dementia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Racism

a_islandcriptid's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

This is an amazing book, it tells a very powerful and pogniant story of community, family, history, and trauma. It is a rough read and deals very well with so many difficult and emotional things, and is stunningly written 

Warning that it is a very heavy, dark, emotional story so take care of yourself and be cautious of triggers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Colonisation, Cursing, Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Sexual violence, Racism, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Mental illness

Moderate: Self harm, Child abuse, Classism, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, and Police brutality

bookishvanessa's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Addiction

kaitlynbarrett's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Violence, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Racism and Addiction

madelynh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad

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

4.0

I struggle with books that are this tragic and I definitely need to read more in general from Indigenous authors to balance it out, but I do think that this is a very good book. It’s hopeful but also complicated, it leaves you with so much unfinished because who knows how life will go, but also with a sense of possibility that for some of these characters things might get better. And also in a lot of ways things are okay as they are. But also that recognition is clear in the unfinished stories that the personal community and healing here isn’t enough to actually fix everything. It’s a lot but that’s what the world is. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racism, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Racism, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, and Addiction

serenedancer's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.0

Heartbreaking story about an act of violence and all the people it touches. Well written and emotional.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Rape

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Racism, Child death, Body shaming, and Addiction

egcam's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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 violence, Medical content, Violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Classism, Colonisation, Death of parent, Dementia, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Addiction, and Alcohol

Minor: Child death

mossybean's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Addiction, Sexual violence, Rape, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child abuse

mlhanson's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Blood, and Alcoholism

bnelson13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Interesting story, really well written, incredibly heavy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Addiction, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Death, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Mental illness, Blood, and Violence