Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

The Orchard by David Hopen

14 reviews

emilyacres's review

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death of parent, Abortion, Drug use, Death, Drug abuse, Cancer, Suicide, Sexual content, Violence, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

ebrood's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-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

3.5

The start draaaaaaagged for me, and I found that none of the women seemed like people instead of cardboard cutouts for the protagonist to project onto. That said, I really liked the third act and always want to read more Jewish stories.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Alcohol, and Drug abuse

Minor: Cancer

basementofbooks's review

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-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: Blood, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Murder, and Drug use

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Pregnancy, and Abortion

smallredboy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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

4.75

I read nearly half of this book in one sitting. Incredibly entrenching read, fascinating thoughts that quarrel with God in every possible way imaginable. The characters were alive, albeit some of the cast sometimes got mixed up in my head, but I loved Aryeh's point-of-view and how simply odd he was, as so was Evan. I think Evan Stark may be one of my favorite characters in fiction in a while. I love a tortured genius.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Grief

rachelkreadsbookz's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use

Moderate: Self harm

rachelkreadsbookz's review

dark reflective slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Alcohol

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Fire/Fire injury

bootsmom3's review

challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Murder

Minor: Abortion and Pregnancy

erinsbookshelves's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Grief, Medical content, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Minor: Car accident

kellylikestoread's review

challenging emotional reflective 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

4.75

I really loved this book. Captures the feelings of high school so well. Extremely philosophy heavy. I go back and forth about the series of tragic events I the last quarter of the story and whether or not they are too much with such fast pacing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Abortion

roxiw's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-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? Yes

3.0

It seemed to me like half the book was dedicated to describing teenage exploits and the other half to hard-to-follow philosophical analysis. I think it would be more enjoyable to someone who feels connected to Judaism (or maybe any religion).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Child death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Grief, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and Medical content

Minor: Abortion and Vomit