Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

What's Mine and Yours by Naima Coster

23 reviews

niquee3317's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Grief, Gun violence, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, and Racism

Moderate: Addiction and Drug abuse

eyedoc's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Addiction, Hate crime, Infertility, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Grief, and Murder

jamiejanae_6's review against another edition

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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Miscarriage, Hate crime, Infidelity, Medical content, Murder, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Racism, Bullying, Infertility, and Sexual content

sgrizzle's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

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

2.5

I wanted to like this more than I did. It has a lot of structural elements that I generally do- multiple perspectives, told over time, but it just never quite came together. Too much was spent with characters who were ultimately secondary which left me feeling ultimately disconnected from what should have been the heart of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Racism

Moderate: Homophobia and Addiction

briannad4's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, Death of parent, Abortion, Racism, and Hate crime

Moderate: Addiction, Miscarriage, Abandonment, and Drug abuse

ka_cam's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-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

I thought this book was well-written, but ultimately unoriginal. Though we got a wide spread of character voices, many felt flat or like tropes to advance the story line. Predictable character choices were over-explained while other dramatic developments were unexplained

(such as major character shifts for Gee v Nelson and Lacy May).

 I didn’t feel like either mom was well developed despite the blurb centering them. I was waiting for a deeper interrogation of race, class, and gender for any of the characters but it never really happened. Still, the writing was engaging so I’d be interested in reading more by this author in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Addiction

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Abortion and Miscarriage

kimveach's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

3.5

This was a good story with interesting characters.  However, I didn't like the back and forth between timelines.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Death of parent

Moderate: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Classism, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Addiction, Car accident, Grief, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Blood, Drug use, Abortion, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, and Sexual content

myinfinitetbr's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

In Piedmont, North Carolina, a community is outraged when students from a predominantly Black school are brought to a mostly white school.

Told over the course of 30 years in the perspectives of a Black mother and her son, and a white mother and her half-Latina daughter; each mother determined to see her child have a better life. Their kids become involved in a school play together, and create ties that bond them for decades to come.

I really liked that the narrative included the perspectives of both families with the mothers and their teens. Though the characters were well written, I found my investment in them lacking, which may have been due to the frequent shift between timelines. I still enjoyed the commentary on family dysfunction, race, identity, motherhood, and the decisions that cause a ripple effect through generations.

⚠️ Addiction, Racism, Violence, Death of a Parent, Infidelity, Abortion

Thank you Grand Central Pub for the gifted copy! All opinions are my own

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Infidelity, Racism, Violence, Abortion, and Death of parent

ktdakotareads's review against another edition

reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Cancer, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Racism, Addiction, Cursing, Death of parent, and Medical content

Minor: Abortion, Violence, and Gun violence

mfrabbiele's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Drug abuse

Moderate: Gun violence, Abandonment, Addiction, and Bullying

Minor: Murder, Racism, and Infertility