Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie

7 reviews

gus717's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Drug abuse, Murder, Drug use, Violence, War, Gore, and Torture

Moderate: Addiction and Alcohol

Minor: Rape, Sexism, and Incest

mckenziemreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Violence, Death, War, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Moderate: Ableism and Sexual violence

Minor: Incest

downtowndaly's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Alcohol, Violence, Alcoholism, Gore, and Murder

Minor: Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Drug use, Incest, Torture, and Rape

da3m0nic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Vomit, Grief, Alcohol, Cursing, War, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit, Medical trauma, Torture, Alcoholism, Genocide, and Kidnapping

Minor: Misogyny, Confinement, and Incest

pickledlettuce's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-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

2.0

DNF. I tried liking this one, but I really could not get into it. I don’t like any of these characters, can’t root for them. Interest is fine, and can be enough at times, but not in this case. Sorry Joe

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Drug use, Gore, and Cursing

Moderate: Incest

brick2theface's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, and Sexual content

keesreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Homophobia, Misogyny, and Sexual content