Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

me olimme valehtelijoita by E. Lockhart

145 reviews

shannontuck's review against another edition

mysterious 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? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Animal death

rosage's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

actually… what the fuck did i just read?! i’ve never had a book leave me so speechless. i’ve had this book for MONTHS and never read it and now i regret not having read it sooner! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Racism, Violence, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

margesyarf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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: Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Abandonment

dianaschmidty's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug use, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Self harm

lindasoderlundd's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Infidelity, and Racism

moonylovesstars's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

The .75 was added because of the ending, I just found the first parts a little boring at times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism and Self harm

jake_mccarthy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

2.5

The book is very confusing for the first 50% and really goes nowhere. You will have to sit through it. The second half is better but the twist and climax didn’t hit home for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Drug use, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

spoookycat's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Racism, Grief, and Medical trauma

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Dementia

ohgull's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.0

I was really looking forward to reading this book. I had heard a lot about it online and from friends, but it kind of disappointed me a little. I liked the intrigue and the mystery of it all, but the writing was not my style. I couldn’t tell if the author was trying to use a literary device or if it was an actual plot point of the book. I get that it has an unreliable narrator, but I felt like I was on drugs myself reading this book. The more I read the more I got confused until the big climax came and explained everything. I do give props for the story and the themes that are expanded upon, and it was just the right length of book too. Other than that, it was just ok.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Racism

saraxsheehan's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Racism