Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James

8 reviews

frijolitopdf's review

dark medium-paced

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

0.5

"He narrows his eyes, and I immediately stop laughing. In fact, he looks rather forbidding. Oh shit. My subconscious quails in the corner as all the blood drains from my face, and I imagine him putting me across his knee again.
'Gotcha!' he says and smirks."

well, that's just horrifying. on a completely unrelated note, here is an excerpt from Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men:

"Violence is not just punches and slaps; it is anything that puts you in physical fear or that uses your body to control you."

Christian Grey is no leading man. He is selfish, violent, and terrifying at times. E.L. James attempts to ply the reader with each of the "firsts" that Ana and Christian partake in, as if Ana is slowly healing him with her innocent power, but make no mistake: Christian remains the same man, controlling and prone to anger.

This is not a romance. It is a warning.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

Minor: Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Pedophilia

elledanie's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.5

Was going to give it only two stars but

love that they broke up as the ending😂 even tho I know they get back together🙄 Not cool for the author to not answer all questions or fill-in character/plot holes but to purposely drag it out into another book🙄🙄

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Grief, Stalking, and Death of parent

sobstory's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

Minor: Drug abuse and Death of parent

abc26's review

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Toxic relationship

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

nidaelboustany's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Sexual violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Suicide, Death of parent, and Alcohol

danger_softie's review

funny tense slow-paced

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

0.5

Never ending. Mediocre sex scenes. Literally nothing happens. Took me about 3 months go get through because of sheer procrastination. Go read better erotica on ao3.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Self harm, and Death of parent

tinstae's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Sexual content

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Pedophilia, Violence, and Stalking

Minor: Drug abuse, Vomit, and Sexual harassment

crystalmd1998's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

1.0

This is the worst book I have ever read. Christian is a toxic manipulative person and Anastasia isn’t a good person either.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Stalking, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Death of parent