Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

3 reviews

sarkenobi's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Police brutality, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Torture, Xenophobia, Ableism, Classism, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Violence, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Confinement, Death, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria, Gore, Homophobia, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Abortion, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Death of parent, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug abuse, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, and Miscarriage

Minor: Child abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Vomit

triptych_turning's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

I really, really enjoyed this book. It was an amazing read, with exceptional characters, some amazing worldbuilding, and flawless emotional undertones. I would absolutely recommend this book to anyone and everyone, and then some. My only final comment is that I would imagine that it is pretty trigger-heavy, so keep that in mind if reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Medical content, Murder, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence

karingforbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Strong character development, interesting premise and plot, lots of eep (trans, maybe bi, sex repulsed, asexual, non-binary) decent bit of science but not so much to make it impossible. Mental health and disability too. (Sounds like autism spectrum)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality

Moderate: Rape, Child abuse, and Child death

Minor: Addiction