Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Try the New Candy by Aron Beauregard

4 reviews

itsjustgrumpy's review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

3.75

For a fantasy horror book, the most unbelievable thing, was that goths would be transphobic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Abortion, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Domestic abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Alcoholism, Child death, Excrement, Gore, Murder, Rape, Vomit, Ableism, Alcohol, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Pedophilia, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Infidelity

Minor: Infertility

kat_dee_ann's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

Since I clearly wasn’t done traumatizing myself with Playground, I decided to immediately pick this one up to continue the trama train. I love a good anthology and this one definitely did not disappoint. I like that each of the stories was uniquely different from the last and there were even two stories that were kind of even heartwarming in a weird horror way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Drug use, Addiction, Death, Cursing, Ableism, Violence, Infidelity, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Transphobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Gore, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

xwritingstoriesx's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

4.5 stars. My most disturbing read to date. Lots of gore, body horror and bodily fluids throughout these stories. Not for the faint hearted whatsoever.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Drug use, Sexual violence, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Confinement, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Death, Excrement, Murder, Sexual assault, Torture, Vomit, and Addiction

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Transphobia, Pregnancy, Homophobia, and Animal death

anpaul98's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Gun violence, Incest, Self harm, Sexual content, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Torture, Violence, and Vomit