Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Girl in Pieces (Ungekürzte Lesung) by Kathleen Glasgow

503 reviews

charlieworm's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

Charlie a nineteen year old has a messed up childhood. Her father died by jumping in a lake and her mother who loved her father dearly went insane and started beating Charlie as well as because of all this Charlie became secretive and reclusive to share her sadness with anyone. She was often bullied at school which made her develop habit of self harming. Self harm became her solace and after drawing these lines her pain went away for sometime. She started distracting herself by drawing and cutting up her skin. The story starts with Charlie being in a hospital where she is barely conscious. She wakes up in a dorm which not only looks depressing but is actually filled with survivors of self harm. It is a safe place but why did she end up there? Who was he who Charlie is afraid of? How did she find her way out of all the thoughts? Or does she end up repeating everything again?  Who were those people who helped her overcome hurdles and clear the dark cloud of confusion?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Gaslighting, Addiction, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Drug abuse, Suicide, Alcohol, Blood, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Self harm, Sexual violence, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Emotional abuse

nela_reads's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Blood, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Drug use, Bullying, Self harm, Addiction, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

i_wishulove's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Child abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, and Bullying

Minor: Medical content, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, and Grief

bekah_bamboo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Dysphoria, Drug use, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Death, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

tiphreads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative 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

3.75

A story  that becomes more hauntingly beautiful if you’ve been to the dark place. While it does kind of have a rushed ending, and can seem a bit shiny after so much grit,, isn’t that life? Luck goes both ways , and can run up or out all at once. Definitely recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, and Adult/minor relationship

zozpoz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Addiction, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault

princejello's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

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

2.25

I think if this book would have gone down a different path in the last half, I would have enjoyed it more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, and Mental illness

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Alcoholism

Minor: Sexual harassment and Sexual content

krystims's review against another edition

3.5

ending felt rushed and was a bit too focused on the relationship between Charlie and Riley i think. also why was everyone just okay with the fact that hes 27 dating a 17 year old ????!??!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Pedophilia, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Drug use, Alcoholism, Rape, Sexual assault, Addiction, and Drug abuse

Minor: Vomit

l3o7y's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Addiction, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Self harm, Sexual content, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Love how everyone seems to read this book in the psych ward

itsmilymilk's review against another edition

3.75

God this was heavy. I hated everything that happened in this book but I couldn’t stop. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Addiction, Mental illness, and Self harm

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Drug use, Grief, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, and Violence