Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina

17 reviews

tales_told_in_gold's review

dark hopeful 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? No

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Child death, Bullying, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Racism, Physical abuse, Addiction, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Kidnapping

zombiezami's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Trafficking, Death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Confinement, Misogyny, Sexism, Hate crime, Cursing, Bullying, Classism, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Sexual content, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Drug use, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Racism

Minor: Colonisation and Genocide

katharina90's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.5

This novel highlights the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and 2-spirits as well as other issues faced by Native communities and as such I think it's an important contribution to the genre.

Sadly I just couldn't get into the story. It had so much potential but the plot and characters were underdeveloped and the many time jumps in the beginning made it hard to follow. I also listened on audio and didn't like the narration.

Rather than setting this story in his own tribe and culture, the author chose to create a fictional tribe and incorporated stories from various other nations. I have mixed feelings about this. But at least there's an author's note at the end where the origins of certain elements are credited. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Transphobia, Racism, and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping, Child abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Pedophilia, Animal death, and Rape

Minor: Addiction

pathologicalreader's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Bullying, Death, Addiction, Blood, Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Kidnapping

Minor: Trafficking, Vomit, Racism, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Slavery, Transphobia, Excrement, Infidelity, Physical abuse, and Car accident

imstephtacular's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Bullying, Drug abuse, Addiction, and Drug use

Moderate: Body shaming, Classism, Cursing, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Blood, Alcoholism, Animal death, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Alcohol, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, and Sexism

Minor: Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

mzynda's review

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual violence, Death, Grief, Murder, Child abuse, Addiction, Bullying, and Trafficking

a_crow_in_the_sky's review

challenging dark emotional 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

4.75

This book was absolutely wonderful with its commentary on a lot of issues. The only thing I felt It lacked was closure. We never get to see if justice is given to the victims and perpetrators which is historically a huge issue in native American crime and violence, but the story that was actually put on the page was absolutely fantastic, thrilling, and complex.

---

Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Addiction, Drug abuse, Trafficking, Grief, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Hate crime, Sexual harassment, Blood, Body shaming, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Murder, Pedophilia, Self harm, and Sexual content

carlaah1984's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Murder and Addiction

Minor: Gaslighting

zakura317's review against another edition

inspiring mysterious sad 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? No

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Racism

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Colonisation, and Dementia

ec_tyche's review

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.75

The only part about this book I didn’t like was the way it jumps around in the timeline. Other than that, I really enjoyed how this book was meaningful while still remaining a thriller novel. I loved that Two Spirits was included in this as well, it made it feel inclusive in a new way for me. I also loved reading about other Native pieces such as the folklore and beliefs that were included in this book. The ending was really great, I thought as was the authors note. 

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Death, Murder, Addiction, and Racism

Minor: Drug use, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault