Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

The Outside Circle by Patti Laboucane-Benson

5 reviews

recycled_personalities's review

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

Genuinely such an amazing book that is really insightful. I wish that there was more emphasis on female characters rather than only being there as plot devices for the lead (the plot was really good though). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Police brutality, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Gore, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Medical content, Addiction, Murder, Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Drug use, Torture, Blood, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Child death, Classism, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, and Sexual assault

ladykatka's review

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-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

5.0

A powerful and emotional read. Important message about the road to recovery from intergenerational trauma is a long and hard one but it is possible.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Grief, Child abuse, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Abandonment, Confinement, Genocide, Racism, and Violence

spark_879's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

very educational story that goes into the history of the canadian government's racism towards indigenous people, how it continues today, and the intergenerational trauma caused by residential "schools" that has continued impacts to this day. 
highly recommended.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Sexual harassment, and Drug abuse

Minor: Suicide, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Rape

some moderate & minor warnings are talked about in context of either residential "schools" or family relationships but are never shown in pictures.

farmchick's review

emotional hopeful informative fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse

Moderate: Drug use, Death of parent, and Blood

leighsnerdlife's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This should be required reading for all Canadians. It shows how the residential school system has done lasting damage to First Nations people. And how some are working to heal those wounds. The story and the artwork work seamlessly together to tell a very powerful story that is more relevant than ever with the recent tragic news from Kamloops. Read this!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Minor: Drug use and Drug abuse