Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han

50 reviews

wavephase's review against another edition

hopeful slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Drug use, and Alcohol

booksrmylife's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

4.5

Nah, it was overall pretty great, it took me a while to read considering my reading pace tho

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Cursing

Minor: Cancer

It was amazing, just didn't hit 5 stars cuz it was a bit slow at the beginning for me

becca_w_'s review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Body shaming, Cancer, Drug use, Medical content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Bullying, Car accident, Blood, Medical trauma, Sexual content, and Violence

ki3racass_fan's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

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

0.25

This book was horrible. The only thing I liked was the short chapters.
The way the author handled topics like cancer was slightly offensive (coming from someone who has had experiences with others getting cancer).
Cancer seemed like an afterthought in the story.
Most of the characters were jerks except for Jeremiah.
The main character never had any self reflection, even though, it was greatly needed.
It felt like there were random topics thrown in for fun because they didn’t add much to the story in my opinion.
There were way too many flashbacks that interrupted the story and only made the flow worse.
The characters were all really insensitive to all the bad situations too.
Also, why Belly? Sorry but if someone called me that, I would throw hands.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, and Cancer

Minor: Sexual content, Sexism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

There was also divorce which I would consider used graphically throughout the book.

marieeveparentroy's review against another edition

challenging emotional lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Alcohol, and Terminal illness

Minor: Blood, Medical trauma, Drug use, Violence, and Medical content

oli111's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Alcohol, Drug use, and Violence

readingwithmeredith's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content and Drug use

Brief sexual content in terms of discussions and suggestive dialogue but nothing open door, underage alcohol

rylin_marie's review against another edition

emotional funny relaxing tense medium-paced

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

3.0

omg. i’m in love with jer. my team jeremiah heart can’t take the ending. first off, susannah! i love her. i’m soooo sad that she’s sick again. don’t get me wrong, i love con, but i feel like he’s kinda emo. jer is a golden retriever and i love him sm. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cancer, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Drug use, Addiction, Alcohol, Chronic illness, and Death

the_ash37's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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? It's complicated

4.0

good for a quick lighthearted read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Drug use, and Alcohol

lilshelly's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted fast-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

2.0

It wasn't perfect by any means. A very simple story. I disliked the protagonist STRONGLY. There were many comments that I didn't enjoy in the book. Poor writing choices. I mainly just read it to have something simple to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Cancer, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Chronic illness, and Drug use