Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

A noua casă by Leigh Bardugo

1273 reviews

giul_emme's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious relaxing tense fast-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

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Bellissimooooo l'ho divorato, l'ho letto anche di notte invece di dormire. Esattamente my cup of tea, un dark academia fantasy ambientato nella contemporaneità, con magia, morte, omicidi, un caso da risolvere, una serie di fili sempre più intrecciati, personaggi ambigui, confini labili tra i "buoni" e i "cattivi". La trama è intricata ma solida, i personaggi ben costruiti, le atmosfere rese benissimo. Mi è piaciuto molto l'alternarsi delle trame temporali, tra l'inverno (il presente) e l'autunno (il passato, anche se passato da poco), che poi confluiscono nella sera della "sparizione" di Darlington, e da lì vanno avanti insieme. Anche il prologo ambientato a inizio primavera, quindi ancora più avanti, crea una forte aspettativa, il tutto ti tiene incollato e non ti fa perdere mai l'attenzione. Mi è piaciuto tantissimo il personaggio di Darlington, il meno presente in assoluto perchè nel presente è già sparito, ma anche la impacciata e riservata (ma non sempre) Dawes, che scopriamo poco a poco. Ma anche la nostra protagonista, così caparbia, così arrabbiata, spaventata, forte, fragile, così piena di emozioni con cui è facile empatizzare, anche quando sono molto forti.
Insomma, datemene con un cucchiaio. Non vedo l'ora di leggere il secondo. Bello bello bello. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual violence, Vomit

playfulplatypus's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Exquisite. It’s sort of like if Harry Potter was written specifically for adults with a female protagonist. I never wanted it to end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Excrement, Murder

booksense's review against another edition

4.25

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

corriescorner's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism

jackyy93's review against another edition

2.5

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, Blood, Sexual harassment

andrewav's review against another edition

2.0

dark mysterious sad tense slow-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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Excrement, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Grief

Minor: Vomit

abernathy_33's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use

Minor: Vomit

jumblepark's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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A magical whodunnit starring an angry girl from Los Angeles, yes please!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Drug use

ceciltheceaselesswatcher's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

jessrox's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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A bit of dark academia with a complex yet easy to follow magic system. The FMC snark had me laughing out loud, her flaws added to her charm. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Gaslighting