Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Hello Girls by Emily Henry, Brittany Cavallaro

13 reviews

alexcabanechevarria's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cursing, Violence, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Drug use, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Dementia, Pedophilia, Body shaming, Addiction, Death, and Physical abuse

omgsynecdoche's review against another edition

I’m not sure. I think maybe it just was not what I expected. To be fair I didn't read any synopsis, I just saw Emily Henry and thought “this should be funny and light and fun” and from the get-go it wasn’t.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

siriface's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, and Drug use

cmshaw15's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

katharina90's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

Overall enjoyed but didn't love this YA take on Thelma and Louise.

I liked the portrayal of female friendship and how empowering and healing it can be, but this theme could have been explored a lot more in depth. 

The abuse and abandonment experienced by the main characters is pretty harrowing. Definitely not a fluffy feel-good read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Child abuse

Minor: Gun violence, Eating disorder, Drug use, and Pedophilia

cady_sass's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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? No

2.0

This whole book feels like a bad fever dream and I don’t know how else to explain it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Classism, Death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Murder

madisonmcd's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

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

4.5

This was a lot of fun and kept me thoroughly engrossed. Certainly not the same vibes as Henry’s current books, but for a YA it was dark and twisty and gritty. There’s a lot of hope woven into a pretty tragic tale. Would recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, and Physical abuse

megmonk's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Physical abuse, Drug use, and Emotional abuse

riella_reads's review against another edition

Not anything against the book I just am not a fan of most YA books and I thought I would try this one out before getting rid of it. However, I couldn't stand hardly any of the characters from what I did read. The father was atrocious and the brother was just as bad. Both were filled with unnecessary hatred and I just did not care anymore. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug use, and Emotional abuse

katie_maybee's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

3.5

This book is fun and easy to read — the story moves quickly, and I really enjoyed the use of the girls’ current funds as a reminder of their position throughout the book. The ending was unsatisfactory, but in a way that made sense because the characters weren’t satisfied at the end of the story. Overall it works as a book, and was enjoyable to get through!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Death

Moderate: Drug use and Drug abuse