Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

If This Gets Out by Sophie Gonzales, Cale Dietrich

169 reviews

bg_oseman_fan's review

medium-paced

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

3.5

There were lots of things i loved about this book. i liked the focus on mental health, identity, and the role of celebrity and paradoxical relationships. i liked that both leads had problems to overcome individually and together. the supporting characters were also handled well. sometimes the narrative could delve into too black and white, but still had enough contemplation to keep me engaged. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Drug abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, and Addiction

Minor: Sexual content, Racism, and Suicide attempt

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 against another edition

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

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 against another edition

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 against another edition

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