Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Acts of Desperation by Megan Nolan

17 reviews

amina_el's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, and Physical abuse

roemfr's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Violence, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Sexism

kaitlynmm's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Rape, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Bullying, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

There are quite a few trigger warnings that should be read before jumping into this book, please take a moment to read them before starting it.

phoebebebe's review against another edition

found it a little bit boring, from the first person perspective, guess i’m not a character driven type of reader. and i really understand the topics and issues she brings up and i appreciate that but i just can’t relate that much. like a person really can be in a toxic relationship and not realising it thing, maybe it can but not for me. i feel everyone has a responsibility to educate themselves about these things and we just can’t always say what happened during our childhood and parenting, because when we’re all grown up it’s our responsibility to make our lives better. just a personal opinion 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Death, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, and Eating disorder

virdix14's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, and Gaslighting

lobstertelephone's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Body shaming, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Violence

normalreaders's review

dark tense slow-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: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, and Physical abuse