Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

House of Cotton by Monica Brashears

32 reviews

llams's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Vomit, Pregnancy, Blood, Sexual content, Racism, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Abortion, Death, Toxic friendship, Pedophilia, Body horror, Child abuse, and Classism

Minor: Rape and Dementia

randareads's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Drug abuse, Racism, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Vomit, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Child abuse, Drug use, Death, and Death of parent

funguyreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

This book has a slowly unfolding creepiness that is incredibly engaging. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Abortion

Moderate: Sexual assault and Child abuse

easefcik's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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

4.5

The writing was beautiful and vulnerable. The lived experience of the main character was painful and honest. I kept me reading compulsively, but I can’t say I really enjoyed it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Body horror, Vomit, Addiction, Drug use, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Drug abuse

commanderdemander's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Rape

elle_e_d_light's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

3.5

It was a wonderfully written Southern Gothic, although I didn't actually like it very much. Everyone in this book is several layers of messed up. Everyone hurts each other—and gets hurt in return—because of their issues. It's a novel exploring black womanhood in regards to poverty, sexuality, and racism with a whole lot of macabre moments thrown in. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Abortion, Body horror, Drug use, and Gore

Minor: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia

greenan26's review

dark mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Abortion, Alcoholism, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Death, and Addiction

Moderate: Rape, Sexual harassment, Violence, Stalking, Classism, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Blood, Cursing, Gaslighting, and Sexual assault

Minor: Fatphobia and Pedophilia

totore's review

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

4.0

i enjoyed this book up until the very last chapter, where is takes a rather abrupt ending. It left the story with too many unresolved or unaddressed questions to be a fully satisfying read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Sexual content

Moderate: Abortion, Drug use, and Addiction

scottsmom's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Murder, Terminal illness, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Grief, and Rape

corriejn's review against another edition

3.0

I guess this book is for some people, but not for me. I didn't mind the darker stuff, but found the story to be fairly slow-moving, many of the characters pretty flat and undeveloped, and the ending unsatisfying.

One thing I did not expect from the book synopsis is the amount of graphic sexual content, so just a heads up if that's not something you're looking for.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, Abortion, Alcoholism, Drug use, Gore, Sexual content, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Vomit, and Body horror

Minor: Animal death, Sexual assault, and Child abuse