Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Too Good to Be True by Carola Lovering

9 reviews

kelsimarirobb's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Classism, Drug use, Infidelity, Stalking, Drug abuse, and Grief

curious_oyster's review against another edition

dark hopeful tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, and Infidelity

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism

Minor: Cancer

lindavs22's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Infidelity, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Abandonment, Cancer, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Drug use

mair_'s review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? No

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Drug use, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Abandonment

lit_with_lauren's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child death, Death of parent, and Mental illness

Moderate: Drug use

kbergsten's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

strickortreat's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

3.5

Two things I'm not a huge fan of in thrillers: an ending where

every single character gets some type of happy ending

and an ending where the moral of the story is spoon-fed to me instead of letting me figure it out myself. This book has both of those things and definitely suffers because of it, but on the whole it was still a pretty decent read and I was interested in the story the whole way through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Bullying, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Toxic relationship, and Stalking

Minor: Ableism, Cancer, and Emotional abuse

cblunier's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

As someone who knows many people with OCD, I find this book's treatment of it to be somewhat unrealistic.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Sexual assault

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

becksreadsbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, and Child death

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Addiction