Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

The Good Girls by Claire Eliza Bartlett

10 reviews

cecinamo's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

I really liked the story idea and the sapphic couple, but overall the book dragged a bit at some points. It was still an enjoyable read and an interesting mystery! 
The book did have a lot of heavy topics though, like rape, assault, murder and homophobia. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Misogyny, Murder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Biphobia, Cursing, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Grief, and Toxic relationship

thebookraiders's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Eating disorder, Lesbophobia, Drug use, Addiction, Gun violence, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Alcoholism, Body shaming, and Drug abuse

luciiee's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Addiction, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Car accident, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Death, Murder, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Suicidal thoughts

aaron444's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Suicide, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, and Addiction

julietthague's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Pedophilia, and Addiction

thisiscourt's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Rape, Pedophilia, Murder, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Biphobia, Self harm, Eating disorder, and Death of parent

nickoliver's review

dark mysterious 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

I feel very conflicted about how to rate this. First of all, there were certain things that I found confusing and messy, but I listened to the story on audiobook, so I don't know if that problem had existed if I'd read it physically. And secondly, it was just a very hard book? The topic of the story was a lot darker than I expected and went almost nauseatingly into more detail than I thought it would. 

But I did like the story for the most part! I especially adored Claude, she was amazing. And there were some important messages in the book, especially about girls' sexuality and about how victims of sexual assault weren't believed. And two of the main girls were bisexual and lesbian respectively. (The only bad part about that? The bisexual girl played into the trope of bisexuals being cheaters, though the author also criticised many biphobic actions.) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Body shaming, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Addiction, Biphobia, and Infidelity

Minor: Gun violence

meghanwilloughby's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

2.5

This book didn't speak to me as much as I thought it would. I think the cover is adorable, but I don't enjoy how the book is written. I'm tired of the can't-come-out-as-gay trope, I live that in my everyday life so reading about it is not enjoyable. I know the novel isn't focused on the queer relationship, but the cover insinuates the book is mainly about that relationship when it is a minuscule part.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Death, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Rape

irisheyz77's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Murder, Sexual assault, and Rape

queerly_reading's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual assault, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Biphobia, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Drug use