Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Junky by William S. Burroughs

15 reviews

gesole's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.0

A classic of the beat generation, Junky - originally titled ‘Junk’ - is a journey into the underbelly of opioid use in an increasingly policed society — that of postwar America. The style is dry, direct, rich of slang and idiomatic usage. It is a crude, first person, largely autobiographical narration which will finds its way into your conscious mind and  make space for itself, whether you please it or not. It’s probably a good place to start with William Burroughs, as it allows the reader to truly grasp the development in writing style the author went through with following publications. It’s a quick read that I would highly suggest. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, and Addiction

ryuyae's review

dark

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

_jasper_394's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad 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? Yes

3.25

Not really much storyline development but I guess that's the whole point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Addiction

Moderate: Vomit, Suicide, and Gun violence

faynebrio's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

yeah this definitely made me feel bad! iiiiii dont think i liked it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Death, Addiction, Animal cruelty, and Drug use

Moderate: Sexual content, Racial slurs, Homophobia, and Racism

crazyrhythms's review against another edition

challenging dark funny

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Addiction, and Drug abuse

h_motionless's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Addiction

maryellen93's review

challenging dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Forced institutionalization, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Addiction, Gun violence, Classism, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Blood, Body horror, Death, Drug use, and Medical content

Moderate: Sexual content, Mental illness, and Excrement

Minor: Animal cruelty, Self harm, and Suicide

elharpwhy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Blood

maeve_simone's review against another edition

dark informative reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Addiction, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Minor: Animal cruelty, Blood, Homophobia, Racism, Racial slurs, and Vomit

celery's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Drug abuse, Racial slurs, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Medical content, Alcoholism, Vomit, Addiction, Alcohol, Gun violence, Racism, Blood, Cursing, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Death, Hate crime, Classism, Police brutality, and Xenophobia