Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Darling Girl by Liz Michalski

93 reviews

kellybronwynt's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual assault, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Drug use, Stalking, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Car accident, Death, Trafficking, Medical content, Murder, Terminal illness, Child death, Emotional abuse, and Self harm

emoxxecologist's review

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I enjoyed this immensely, even though I had no idea what I was in for. 

This tale is set in a world where Peter Pan and Wendy were real.  The main character is Wendy’s granddaughter, Holly.  The story focuses on her, along with her 2 children and mother. 

Peter isn’t a good guy in this one- he’s far from it. He’s the reason the story takes a dark turn- this book didn’t come with any trigger warnings for me and I was very surprised.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Stalking, Car accident, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Terminal illness, Violence, Drug use, Grief, Murder, and Rape

martinkid45419's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Blood, Death, Sexual assault, Medical content, Rape, and Sexual content

Minor: Drug use

cait_reads_and_drinks's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Drug use

martinkid45419's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Rape, Sexual assault, and Medical content

Moderate: Alcohol, Confinement, Drug use, Blood, Child death, and Car accident

s_dima's review

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

If you like twisted fairytales, or books that are mysterious and leave you asking tons of questions throughout, you'll like this book! My only complaint is that there wasn't a ton of explanation on the world building, like what gave Peter Pan his abilities and why he turned out the way he did, or what is the "true" story that happened to Wendy? So you may not get all the answers at the end, but still a compelling retelling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Child death, Rape, and Car accident

Minor: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Chronic illness

808jake_'s review

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, and Drug use

taylor13's review

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Kidnapping, Blood, and Rape

Minor: Car accident, Drug use, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail

renmarie's review

adventurous challenging emotional lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

this book was so good. so so so good. like the ending just felt like a warm hug and i loved the characters. i’m so happy that i read this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Death, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Physical abuse

kaelizaco's review

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Rape, Child death, Death, Drug use, Confinement, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Car accident, Kidnapping, and Murder