Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

The Other Americans by Laila Lalami

5 reviews

spinesinaline's review

challenging emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Racism, Death, War, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Bullying, and Sexual content

Minor: Drug use and Addiction

zoenelson's review

challenging emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death of parent, Car accident, Racial slurs, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Murder, Alcohol, War, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Misogyny, Hate crime, and Violence

Minor: Addiction

narbine's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

ACAB

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Racial slurs, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Racism, Death, Sexual content, and Car accident

Moderate: Deportation, Grief, Infidelity, Blood, War, Police brutality, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Bullying, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy

hazelgirl21's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, War, and Death of parent

Moderate: Racial slurs

Minor: Addiction

quirkychaos's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Read this for a book club and, although it's a heavy read I really enjoyed it. It's told my a number of characters, each their own unreliable narrator telling their own truths – the story was compelling and the characters drew me in.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Racism, and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Addiction, Bullying, Death, Drug use, and Racial slurs