Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Þernan by Nita Prose

163 reviews

madamenovelist's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark funny mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, Grief, Murder, Classism

Moderate: Physical abuse

The heroine has overt autistic traits (and possibly OCD traits? it’s unclear what the author’s intent was) but the manner in which her neurodivergence is handled was vaguely… flat. Like a caricature rather than a real person. I’m not sure if the author had a sensitivity reader/discussed what it’s like to be autistic with actual autistic people. Fantastic premise that would have made 5 stars if neurodivergence was handled with better care.

emma6544's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous hopeful mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse

openbookheartmind's review against another edition

4.0

funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Violence

honestrabbit's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging mysterious tense 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Drug abuse, Racism, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship

vireogirl's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious 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

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Read it in one evening. Several chuckles. Nice to see a neurodiverse character. A bit cheesy at times but there were some twists I didn’t expect and a lovely message of embracing who you are. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment

Minor: Bullying, Gun violence, Infidelity, Police brutality, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

annaofjesup's review against another edition

3.0

hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Deportation

lubilu42's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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This book was great. I loved the character of molly, and how real she felt. And I loved that we were able to see through both her eyes and through a sort of omnipotent party to see what else was going on. I loved the clue style characters, and the fact that they were all complicated. Very good. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Trafficking

smsegal's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship

bookish_optimist's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

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I appreciate that the main character is neuro-divergent.  It made for an interesting twist on the typical murder mystery.  It was also informative on the struggles that someone whose behavior is considered abnormal might have to deal with on a day to day basis.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, Murder

averyprettyboy's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

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just wow wow wow 

this book was probably one of my absolute favorite reads this year. even before learning of it online, i had suspected that molly could be on the spectrum and also might have ocd, but it was great to see this representation even if it might have made her an “unreliable narrator” to some. i was captivated from the very start and throughly enjoyed this book until the very end. 

i nearly sobbed when learning the final fate of molly’s gran, but i also understand why it was done. it was just heartbreaking to learn. i kind of suspected that rodney was involved in some nefarious dealings and that juan manuel may have been as well but was utterly shocked at how deep the pool of deceit went. and the ending??? wtaf i had no idea that the first mrs black would be the true killer, although i am glad that molly left her to peacefully live out her live, even if shes rich, rodney deserved jail time more than she did. im really pissed that we never learned where wilbur went and for whatever reason, i suspected him to be mr black 😭 it seemed like something he would do and with molly being a unreliable narrator and also not always putting the pieces together right away, i wondered if she even knew. but i guess as far as we know wilbur is not mr black. and i was really thankful of giselle for helping molly out, they really both deserve happiness and peace now. also juan manuel and molly getting together is something i wanted since he was first introduced so im super happy about that.

all in all, great read and would recommend to anyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Physical abuse