Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Real Life by Brandon Taylor

3 reviews

mr_cain's review against another edition

4.75

All too real. Rips your heart in two and forces you to confront how you exist in the world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Grief, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, and Child abuse

Moderate: Infidelity, Homophobia, Racism, Racial slurs, Vomit, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Eating disorder, Drug use, and Body shaming

pkc's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug use, and Vomit

lexi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

This was very well written, and is also very real (as the title claims), but also very depressing. The ending kind of felt like getting punched.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Drug use, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Fatphobia, Grief, Addiction, Body shaming, and Homophobia