Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

If This Gets Out by Sophie Gonzales, Cale Dietrich

168 reviews

its_vendetta's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

SECOND BEST BOOK IVE READ THIS YEAR. Wow. And I doubt that it will ever get moved down!! 

The story was AMAZING. So compelling. I cried twice. I loved the writing so much!! I think the romance was also done exceptionally well!! The buildup was perfect and both Ruben and Zach were both such well written characters and their individual faults were so realistic! 
Another round of applause for the side characters!! Usually I struggle to remember the side characters in books, especially if there are many but not these characters!! Even the ones that I despised were memorable and they all contributed to the plot in meaningful ways. 
Overall 10/10!! Can’t think of any major issues I had with it. Only request would be to

expand on Angel and Jon some more!! I loved them I needed to see even more. I want to find out how Angel deals with staying sober and how Jon ends up dealing with his dad and everything!!

 
Honestly can see this book having a sequel and while I don’t believe that will happen, it’s pretty unrealistic, I CAN STILL DREAM!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Homophobia, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Alcohol and Biphobia

Minor: Confinement, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, and Injury/Injury detail

caitlin_123a's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug use, Vomit, Biphobia, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Car accident, Blood, Confinement, Homophobia, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism

jbt1234's review

emotional funny inspiring 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? It's complicated

3.75

I loved this story. For the most part the characters are fantastic and the plot was super engaging. I was pretty hooked. It's a great exploration of the exploitation of music artists and the effects of the industry on people.

The only places it fell short for me were sometimes it felt a little too 'on the nose'. While overall the story and characters were great, some clearly didn't have the same depth as others, and sometimes the writing styles owed themselves to over explaining.

Overall, however, ive immensely enjoyed this book. I think I'm just being critical 😬

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Drug use, and Sexual content

sglance9's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Drug use, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Homophobia, and Addiction

growing_haru's review against another edition

emotional funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, and Homophobia

Minor: Drug abuse and Addiction

Forced closeting trigger warning

kourteney's review against another edition

While the story between the two LIs was relatively cute, there was no indication of content warnings. While content warnings aren't common place in books currently, the

drug abuse

is prominent enough that I believe it should have at least been mentioned in the summary. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use

oakleys_readinglist's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Addiction, Body shaming, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Homophobia, and Outing

allforevermore's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use

Moderate: Sexual content, Car accident, Alcohol, and Addiction

Minor: Chronic illness

flashandoutbreak's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Car accident, Addiction, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, and Homophobia

bookish_kirst's review

challenging emotional funny inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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

5.0

I looooooved this book. Everything about it. From the second I read the blurb I knew I was going to enjoy it, it has everything you could want from a YA romance. LGBTQ+ representation. Strong friendships. Best friends to lovers/forbidden love trope. 

The characters are so well developed and easy to love. The plot is fantastic and there's so many serious topics covered throughout but its all handled EXTREMELY well. 

Huge thank you to NetGalley and the authors for the ARC. I've already preordered my copy💜

Overall rating - 5 stars🌟

Edit: reread 7th October 2023
Still adore this book, still a 5 star read🤷🏻‍♀️🫶🏻

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Homophobia