Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler

38 reviews

bonnie3088's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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

Started this book because of the show first. 

It is a great read if you want to feel seen, especially if you're confused about life and being aware of being alone in it. 

You dont have to know or relate to the whole kitchen/server lifestyle to get into it. 

The romance was really good, I felt like I grew with the characters realizations on what she needed and didn't need or what she had misperceptions about. 

Over all this book is worth picking up and worth sitting with longer after finishing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Sexual content

readingwithgoose's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Alcohol, Drug use, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent

edwordallanhoe's review against another edition

funny mysterious reflective medium-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

Okay so there is a bit of a food journey here. But mostly a self journey. We do get side tracked for a couple hundred pages talking about romantic entanglements, but can we get back to the food please? I would give reading other titles from this author a go, but I will probably not re-read this book for a while. This went a few unexpected places, and it was frustrating at times, but I think it concluded nicely. Wish I knew more about wine to make better sense of it all. 🍷🥂🍾

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Drug use, and Toxic relationship

hmih's review against another edition

adventurous challenging slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Alcohol, Addiction, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Cursing, and Sexual content

Minor: Vomit and Blood

emohno's review against another edition

funny reflective slow-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Alcohol

itsheyfay's review

challenging emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Vomit, Sexual content, Classism, and Infidelity

Minor: Homophobia, Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, Racism, and Eating disorder

anajailer's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.0

meh. barely has a plot, characters are mostly annoying, i really wanted to love this book as i heard good things but it wasn't for me. only giving a somewhat positive rating because i didn't hate it but i wouldn't exactly recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Drug use

allairek's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-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: Drug use, Drug abuse, Alcohol, and Emotional abuse

joooosneed's review against another edition

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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, and Addiction

brotestantethic's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

I think I’m going to vomit. Everyone in this story is so broken, they can’t stop hurting each other. This is what it’s like when you try and reinvent yourself, but you fall victim to one image of youth. You fall in love with ideas. 
Danler’s prose is beautiful. Her characters are ugly. I’ll literally never recover. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Drug use