Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor

86 reviews

caillte's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual violence and Sexual assault

Minor: Abortion

zophiebrown's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

Excellently written, with a dark story told through intertwining narratives.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Violence, Classism, Murder, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, and Police brutality

Minor: Trafficking, Panic attacks/disorders, and Abortion

ppppaula's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

I had such high hopes for this one but am so disappointed. Overly long with thoroughly unlikeable characters. I enjoyed the beginning with Ajay’s story but it went downhill from there.  Dark and depressing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Gun violence, Sexual content, Addiction, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, Violence, Rape, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Abortion

natekka's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Sexual content, Slavery, Sexual assault, Death, Physical abuse, Car accident, Child death, Drug use, Rape, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Abortion, and Death of parent

Minor: Colonisation

casualvamp's review

challenging dark emotional 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

2.5

Deepti Kapoor is an immensely talented author, and this book is exceptionally well-written. From reading the synopsis, it’s not a book I would typically read, but I thought I would enjoy it much more than I did. It took me a really long time to finish because it's very lengthy and disorganized. The switches between POVs were jarring and got confusing in the second half, which made the storyline hard to follow. I found the vast majority of the characters unbearable (except for Ajay), so it was hard to be invested in the story. Ajay's POV had me absolutely enthralled, but once it switched over to Neda's and Sunny's POV, I was barely trudging through it. I almost had to put this book down several times due to its incredibly dark themes and GRAPHIC depictions of violence, which made me genuinely naseous. I felt that for the majority of the book, I was either almost asleep out of sheer boredom or incredibly disturbed by all of the unnecessary violence.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Blood, Addiction, Miscarriage, Violence, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Suicide, Animal death, Self harm, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Murder, Car accident, Death, and Death of parent

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.5

Sounded like it should’ve been a really good book. In reality, there were parts that were good, but most of it was disappointing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Grief, Bullying, Trafficking, Rape, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicide, Torture, Abortion, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Stalking, Addiction, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Car accident, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Confinement, Murder, and Violence

maggiereadz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual violence, Violence, Rape, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Trafficking, and Sexual assault

ttatt's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Blood, Child abuse, Classism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, and Violence

lizzym126's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Confinement, Addiction, Kidnapping, Racism, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Murder, Drug use, Rape, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Trafficking, Violence, Car accident, Drug abuse, and Gun violence

classysmarta's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Drug abuse