Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

There There by Tommy Orange

130 reviews

charlma's review against another edition

dark emotional funny

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual violence, and Colonisation

Minor: Drug abuse and Suicide

sarah_kula's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual assault, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

minella's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Colonisation

hannahyorkey's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Blood, Mass/school shootings, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Rape, and Suicide

danielnski's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I wish I could give this book two ratings. I loved the writing, the characters, and how all of the context and history was woven into the narrative. However, I am frustrated by how much of the plot and what linked the characters was their trauma and by how the story ended. I can understand how that is a reflection of many people's experiences, though, and appreciate how the novel contextualized it. I come away feeling very frustrated by the book but also appreciating its beauty and all it must have taken to write it. I don't think I ever want to revisit it but I also desperately want to read the sequel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

eveybrittin's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I love books where there are several character perspectives that are connected through events/history/happenstance. This book had that, which was cool, but there were so many different characters that I had a hard time remembering who was to connected to who. A couple times I completely forgot who characters were, since some only had 2 or 3 chapters that were a page or two long. I like that format in that I got to see lots of different Native American lives. I didn't love it because I wasn't able to form much of an emotional connection with any of the characters. I really enjoyed the cultural aspects of the book; the depictions of the regalia and dancing were beautiful! A lot of the stories were left completely open-ended, which I'm sure was done on purpose, but I hate not knowing the real ending. I'm soooo excited to hear the author speak!! And I'm super excited to study this more in depth in class this fall, I think it will help me understand the connections between characters more. I have a lot of lingering questions so hopefully I get the chance to ask the author 🤞

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Mass/school shootings, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse and Death

Minor: Cursing, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Excrement, Grief, and Abandonment

chastitymarie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Rape, Blood, Trafficking, Car accident, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Fatphobia and Abortion

mdwsn27's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

ezreaadingo's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

This is a tragically beautiful book with a wide array of characters who are all dealing with their own personal struggle/trauma. The characters are love able/hate able/ and relate able all at the same time. Beauty and tragedy wrapped into this story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Gun violence

Moderate: Racism

solenodon's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Mass/school shootings, and Colonisation

Moderate: Animal death, Drug abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, and Pregnancy