Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

La princesse de papier by Erin Watt

15 reviews

acornfel's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

4.0

For the genre and the subject matter this book delivers exactly what you'd expect from a gossip girl type novel with some spice. It has a few moments that feel really awkward pacing wise, but overall it was fun to read and it was really easy to just sit in the world of this book and not get distracted or tired of reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Drug use, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Classism, Drug abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Alcoholism, and Addiction

venturajai31's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Ok, had I known the MCs would be in high school, not sure I would’ve read it. That being said, once I got over that surprise, it was actually pretty good. I enjoyed this book a lot and found myself covering the next page so I didn’t jump ahead. I’m interested in the reading the other BUT be warned, their story does NOT END in this book. I was so bummed that I had another two books before it changed POV (in a five book series?! ughhh) but I will read it because I literally can’t not read them after the ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Cursing, Bullying, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction and Death of parent

lucycharm9's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

I smelled something fishy on Brooke when Gideon acted weird when he came home and I could not be more wrong. She was a bitch grouping up with Dinah just for Royal's money. I think she blackmailed Gideon and Reed (I am afraid she might seuxally assulted them as well) behind Callum's back. Gideon and Reed kept it between themselves to protect everyone else in the house. That last chapter freaking crushed me.

Honestly I love this book because I live for drama and good angst. It gave me the impression of Gossip Girls playing on CW.

Heat: 🔥

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Bullying

Moderate: Alcoholism, Addiction, and Death of parent

dkgreads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Solid bully romance. Thought the character development was on point. The characters felt real and complex. Definitely enjoyed the writing style. Mild in the spice department, but the tension was good. Definitely had my suspicions about the situation at the end. Will be continuing this set for sure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual content, Addiction, Death of parent, Drug use, and Violence

Minor: Infidelity, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Cancer

culzean's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Body shaming, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Sexual content, Violence, Drug use, and Vomit

norab99's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Addiction, Alcohol, and Sexual assault

paulaks's review against another edition

funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

2.0

Soooo this one is complicated... The first half was a decent 4 star reading with some problematic and stereotypical scenes but nothing really bad. Then the second half came and it was just hot garbage. It seemed like the love interest and the MC were talking two different languages because they never understood the other ones problem. The "spicy" scenes made me cringe so bad and the only thing that kept me reading was the wattpad like writing. I wanted to like it so bad but I couldn't overlook some of the problems the book has. Overall the plot was fine and could have developed great but the execution was horrible. The addictive writing, some funny jokes, Easton (personal favourite) and the first half definitely push the rating for me but it just doesn't deserve the 3 stars. If you are in a reading slump and still have interest, go for it. 
Now to the ending (spoiler free): The ending was so unneccesary. Without giving it away, they can technically start from scratch in the next book. And without any lessons to take away I ask myself: Why did they write this book? (Probably so i could write this passionately written review ;))

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Addiction, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Bullying

tinyartie's review against another edition

fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, and Addiction

Minor: Cancer, Suicide, and Bullying

bookaholics_anonymous's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction and Infidelity

loonieslibrary's review against another edition

funny mysterious fast-paced

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

2.5

Reading this feels like watching reality television. It’s so fake but somehow you can’t stop watching. It’s just basically a wattpad fanfiction. It’s so bad in a good way? Just don’t think about it too much or you’ll find 100 things wrong with it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug abuse, Grief, Infidelity, and Sexism