Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Rawblood by Catriona Ward

5 reviews

elle_e_d_light's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

3.5

Definitely not Ward's strongest, but it's an alright debut novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Death

rachelunabridged's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, and Animal death

Moderate: Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Suicide

Minor: Infertility, Vomit, War, and Miscarriage

caitsidhe's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

God, what a book. I love a gothic, and this is an amazing gothic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Ableism, Medical content, Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Grief

thetruthatallhazards's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Violence, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Murder, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Suicide, Self harm, Sexual harassment, and Miscarriage

Minor: Infertility

wreathedinviolets's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

I was confused by the format. The constant switching of pov was an odd choice that didn’t allow me to connect with any of the characters. It felt like the characters were just there to provide exposition instead of their specific perspectives. I wasn’t sure why there was so much focus on the experiments Charles and Alonso did when every other past character only got a chapter or so. The story itself was definitely interesting but I think it would better suit a different method of narration. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Confinement, Mental illness, Addiction, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Murder, Pregnancy, and War