Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

24 reviews

lunep's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, Child abuse, Grief, Medical content, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Classism, Addiction, Blood, Gore, Police brutality, Alcohol, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Xenophobia, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Kidnapping, Medical content, Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Sexism, and War

Graphic depictions of poverty and homelessness take up a significant portion of the story. Graphic description and discussion of giant spiders.

manarnia's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

4.0

A bit meandering, but overall an engrossing fantasy book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Addiction, Rape, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Gore, War, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Misogyny, and Sexual violence

mikki_9's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Medical content

roodborstje's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I've had this book on my shelf for YEARS and I'm so pleased to have finally read it. I was worried that it wouldn't suit my taste anymore and I definitely struggled getting into it, but I'm very glad I pushed through as I ended up liking it a lot more than I expected. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, and Violence

Minor: Addiction