Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

The Missing Half by Ashley Flowers

29 reviews

madsmcw_reads's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Alcohol

Minor: Rape

klandry98's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer, Violence, Kidnapping

Minor: Rape, Blood, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail

cmagdefrau's review against another edition

4.25

challenging emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Rape, Sexual content, Murder

madisonjordan5693's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Objectively this book is a 3, but I absolutely loved it and think it’s a low 5. I’m settling on 4 ⭐️

I did not at all see the twist coming and I did not predict the ending. I had a completely different theory and was way off. I love that in a thriller.

This was a fantastic read and I found myself so excited to pick it up everyday. I hope Ashley Flowers writes more books because the two she has written so far are amazing!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol

Moderate: Infidelity, Violence, Car accident

dishajetly_123's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Rape, Blood, Vomit, Stalking, Car accident, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

amandacook417's review against another edition

4.0

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Grief, Murder, Alcohol

meglg89's review against another edition

4.0

mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Car accident

khaleesigrace's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Vomit, Car accident, Toxic friendship, Abandonment

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional mysterious 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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     It wasn’t a terrific book, mostly because I didn’t find any of the characters to be likable. They seem to have started as selfish and continued to get more so as the book progressed. The ending was a twist I didn’t see coming, while other “twists” were pretty obvious. 

    This book tackled a lot of hard topics, which made it an overall dark and sad book. I wish it had some glimmer of light in it. It’s quite a depressing read, to be honest. Overall, a decent thriller about bad people doing terrible things, with a lot of twists and turns. I appreciated the lack of a romantic storyline. 

Narrator Rating: 5.0 stars

     The narrator did an amazing job! Great voices for everyone that seemed to fit who they were. 

 

Elements 

Heartfelt- 💔 💔 💔 💔 
Horror- N/A
Love aka Romance-N/A
Predictability- 🔮 🔮 

Spice-N/A
Tear- 😭  😭 
Thrill- 😲 😲 😲 
Humor-N/A

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Rape, Sexual assault

There is NO adult/minor relationship! It's a relationship between a woman in college and a much older man.

svalles's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Infidelity, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Car accident, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail