Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Boy Parts by Eliza Clark

409 reviews

pingi444's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

natcecco's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.25

Well written, but geez there’s nothing quite like reading the internal monologue of the worst person you’ve ever met 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Rape, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

Minor: Vomit

_cheshirecxt's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

2.0

I had a terrible time reading this 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gore, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Blood, and Gaslighting

Minor: Cancer

alliemay's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

If you like to read content warnings before reading a book, then I suggest you look them up for this book. It's not the most extreme piece of writing, but I found myself surprised by the contents because I had picked it up based on the cover and title. This book covered some heavy themes and I found it provocative. I thought the depth of writing was better suited to a short story than a novel. The author note mentions that this novel was adapted from a short story and I would have preferred to read the short story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Transphobia

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Blood, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Alcohol

Don't read this book if you prefer to read books where the narrator is likeable

seizuredreading's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

What could I say if I had all the space in the world? What would I say to hold your attention, enough to convince you to read this book? Literally, my service dog ate some pages once I finished reading it. (No worries she’s all good, we went to the vet.) And you know what? So did Eliza Clark when writing this book: ATE.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Eating disorder and Suicidal thoughts

rowan_eventually's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Gotta love unhinged despicable woman behaviour to read this. But it was interesting to see how long it took me that the narrator was unreliable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Self harm and Vomit

g_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

5.0

Incredible. Gripping. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Alcohol

magicalmegija's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Abortion, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria

dchalamish's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

1.5

Perverse and exploitative. Felt like the author was writing for sheer shock value 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Murder, and Alcohol

larakennedy's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Classism