Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Lapin by Mona Awad

178 reviews

mir_frog73's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I fully knew what was happening till the end but honestly I don’t care. I don’t think it’s really meant to have an ending that can be read one way.

I truly wish I had a definitive answer to whether Ava was real

what an acid trip tho. I think this book is a flat 4.60 but that’s not an option 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

voidycat's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship

Moderate: Self harm

soitghost's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book was truly insane to read. I had a rather different interpretation from others online; and I think how you take the book will depend on your background. You will either hate it or love it. I had a few qualms, but overall, Mona Awad has me wrapped around her little finger with this book. She does an excellent job setting the scene and paying attention to little details.

I am pretty sure the main character is an unreliable narrator, which is why the experience leaves you with a bit of whiplash. It reminds me a lot of Fight Club.

Highly recommend you read it, if only to consume Mona Awad's writing style!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Classism

spacecadetlav's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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WOW. What an exciting read. I HAVE to discuss with someone because the themes here are so relatable. I’ll be thinking about this for the next few months.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Drug abuse, Self harm, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Classism

Moderate: Eating disorder, Torture, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

mirandasagerhode's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Blood, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Self harm, Sexual violence, Murder

Minor: Death of parent

klong17's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This book sits comfortably in-between sci-fi, dark academia, extended metaphors, and psychological thriller. The unreliable narrator allows the author to make the story intentionally vague. It’s hard to know what’s real and what’s not. If taken literally, this story is a gore-y expression of art going too far, if taken has a metaphor, it’s a journey of an outcast battling loneliness and cliques in an isolated community. I think the author intends for it to be both. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Blood

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Due to the extended metaphor, it’s unclear if all of these things ACTUALLY happen, but they are mentioned/perceived by narrator

f18's review against another edition

5.0

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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idk if I trust JJ Abrams to pull off something this campy

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Gore, Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Eating disorder, Racial slurs, Death of parent

spookily's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping

Minor: Addiction, Torture, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Classism

sweetest_caroline's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It’s weird as hell, but I loved it. The only book I’ve ever read that actually lives up to being called “a fever dream”. 

The last third of the book escalates really quickly and doesn’t explain itself very well, so it adds to the feeling of confusion and suspense, but it also means I didn’t get every plot point. 

Should’ve been gayer, though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

sarahb919's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Truly wild and I’m still not entirely sure what happened. Definitely something. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual violence

Minor: Ableism, Racism, Rape, Antisemitism, Car accident