Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

84 reviews

cammiem8's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

I read this for my college freshman English course and found myself looking forward to the class discussions on the book. I’d describe it as Song of Solomon meets the Odyssey, this book is a generation spanning ghost story and a fascinating character study.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Drug abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Vomit, Hate crime, Police brutality, and Animal death

A lynching is a central plot point. The vomiting scene actively made me nauseous, I really suggest skipping the next two pages after the little sister starts getting sick, it’s extremely graphic. There’s also a graphic drug overdose where

the mother swallows a bag full of meth to avoid arrest and her young son has to help her detox

aappel2491's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Murder, Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Toxic relationship

jesloken's review against another edition

Child neglect trigger

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Drug abuse

trixiez's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad slow-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

3.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Child death, and Drug abuse

amressing's review against another edition

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Racism, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Murder

mscalls's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

nafennessy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

3.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, and Drug abuse

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

Brutal. Devastating. Beautiful. A coming of age story. A ghost story. A love story.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Police brutality, Terminal illness, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Vomit, Rape, and Cancer

kelly_e's review against another edition

Title: Sing, Unburied, Sing
Author: Jesmyn Ward
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Rating: DNF
Pub Date: September 5, 2017

💭 T H O U G H T S

After several attempts, I ended up having to DNF this one. I know this book has wondrous reviews, but the writing style wasn't for me.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Drug use, Drug abuse, Addiction, Racial slurs, and Rape

Moderate: Death and Cancer

alyanthea's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Death, and Hate crime

Moderate: Rape