Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead

161 reviews

kirstenpod_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Addiction, Grief, Murder, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Blood, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Eating disorder, Classism, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Rape, and Gore

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Stalking, and Homophobia

logsbooklog's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

2.5

a pretty by-the-numbers, tropey whodunnit with overwraught writing and a cast of stock characters with very few interesting inversions. despite these problems, the books pace does pick up quick from a rough beginning, and it kept my attention even as i groaned at a lot of the twists and cliches.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Addiction, and Sexual assault

Minor: Homophobia

mthornburg13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

Like if "If We Were Villians" was about Greek life. Good twists but somewhat predictable after a point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Infidelity, Death, Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, Blood, Addiction, Sexual violence, Suicide, Sexual assault, Rape, Murder, and Classism

chuck3791's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Murder, Toxic friendship, and Infidelity

Moderate: Blood, Addiction, Classism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Vomit, Sexism, and Outing

estimpert's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Murder, Addiction, and Rape

rinakei's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Addiction, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

cannibaldear's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Child abuse, and Death of parent

kirstencholewa's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Blood, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Stalking, Death of parent, Homophobia, Body shaming, and Drug use

saoirses's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Drug use, Addiction, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

matcha_cat's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcohol, Blood, Murder, and Infidelity

Moderate: Violence, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, and Addiction

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Eating disorder, Rape, Suicide attempt, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail