Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Passeggiare la notte by Leila Mottley

94 reviews

moiracampbell23's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Child death, Grief, Cancer, Child abuse, Police brutality, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Addiction, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Abandonment, Racism, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Cursing, Blood, Bullying, and Drug abuse

atsundarsingh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.75

Absolutely harrowing. I can't believe the sophistication and depth of Mottley's writing on a project she started when she was just 17. I can't wait to keep reading her work in the future. As for this specific work, I think it's such a testament to empathy that it should be even more widely read. Incredible debut. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Police brutality, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Violence, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Classism, Trafficking, Rape, Sexual assault, and Death

mackenzieyabut's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and Sexual assault

Moderate: Rape and Trafficking

Minor: Drug abuse and Addiction

erinmcav's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Trafficking, Sexual assault, and Police brutality

Moderate: Addiction, Transphobia, Child death, and Suicide attempt

waybeyondblue's review against another edition

challenging dark funny sad medium-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Rape, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Child death, Abandonment, Drug abuse, Addiction, and Gun violence

natalieholdahl's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Police brutality, and Racism

Moderate: Grief, Mental illness, and Addiction

marigoldgem's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

*please check the trigger warnings before reading * 
I really loved this book for the variety of lives it showed. I especially love the ending, it was so simple yet so beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death of parent, Excrement, Grief, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Suicide, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Infidelity, Police brutality, Violence, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Addiction, and Drug abuse

clara_mai's review against another edition

4.0

 Streets always find you in the daylight, when you least expect them to. Night crawling up to me when the sun's out.

This is a fantastic debut novel (it's wild to think about that the author is the same age as me). Inspired by real events, it accounts the experience of Kiara, a 17-years-old Black girl in a difficult familial and financial situation getting into sex work and ending up being sexually abused and exploited by a whole ring of of police officers. While revealing the corruption of the police and the justice system, the narrative also centers on Kiara's relationships to the people in her life, both complicated and beautiful. I think this could have been even more powerful if it was overall less metaphorically dense, if the imagery had been reduced in some places so that it would hit even harder in others. Overall though, the prose has great rhythm and storytelling-wise this book is just brilliant.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Suicide, Rape, and Child death

Moderate: Addiction, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

Minor: Transphobia

sorcha's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Abandonment, Death, Police brutality, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death, Racism, Alcohol, Blood, Self harm, and Addiction

Minor: Suicide, Drug abuse, and Cancer

rachelparker's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Rape, and Blood

Moderate: Police brutality

Minor: Addiction, Child death, Death of parent, and Adult/minor relationship