Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Sr. Mercedes by Павел Боянов, Весела Прошкова, Stephen King, Stephen King, Даня Доганова

17 reviews

lillyrose97's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Grief, Murder, Violence, Child death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, and Sexual content

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.25

 If there is one thing Mr. King excels at it is writing absolutely unlikable characters. Even characters that should be likeable largely have aspects that can make the reader dislike them. In some chapters this worked well and framed the event how each character saw them clearly. In other chapters the reader became enmeshed in a slog of diatribe that was a true chore to get through, even in the audiobook format. 
If you are fond of Mr. King's other works and characters you will probably like this. If you are coming in expecting a typical thriller you will not enjoy this as much. For me, despite my casual familiarity with several of King's works I found it difficult to get up to the 40% mark in the book. To the story's credit the pace does pickup upon the changing of a key character or two somewhere around the 50% mark.

The pace picks up after the death of Janey.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Child death, Murder, Incest, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Addiction, Classism, Animal death, Fatphobia, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Ableism, Sexism, and Car accident

Minor: Blood, Vomit, Excrement, and Adult/minor relationship

There is an adult/minor relationship between Brady and his mother. He claims to have been a victim of a different adult/minor relationship during his psychological torture of Olivia.

isabellaoliveira's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, and Alcoholism

Minor: Ableism, Misogyny, and Racism

seraxiel87's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, and Cursing

zara89's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Violence, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Murder, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Drug abuse, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts

keen's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-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: Incest, Violence, Child death, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Xenophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Stalking, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Murder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Minor: Excrement

ackr3's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

A good read and something slightly different from Kings other works. I am interested in reading the rest of the series to see if we get more growth of the characters or if it'll feel like a novelization of a police procedural.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

Moderate: Addiction