Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Boy Parts by Eliza Clark

399 reviews

charlieeew's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Alcohol, Addiction, Body horror, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Gore, Sexual violence, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Body shaming

Moderate: Murder, Animal death, Self harm, Vomit, Gaslighting, and Death

jesselopod's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Superb audiobook reading. I thought it was awful but then I realised that it was just the main character that was awful. This book is what I wanted my year of rest and relaxation to be. It read like Effie from Skins got into photography and got infinitely more mean. At first I thought this book was gratuitously excessively unhinged, but as I kept reading I found the concepts the book was exploring really compelling.

Although I was frustrated that it took as long as it did to drop the hook into the story surrounding “my boy”, I really loved the way the author handled the slide into unreliability as Irena’s reality dissolved around her, and I really enjoyed the emotional roller coaster the author put you through as a reader, how she played around with empathy the reader feels for her alongside her unforgivable cruelty. 

The ending was very abrupt. I like that there is no resolution to knowing what is and isn’t real, but I also felt the story didn’t really reach a conclusion either. With a tweaked ending I think I would have rated it much higher.

I viscerally hated reading much of this, it felt like watching a car crash, but I also didn’t want to stop listening to it. I don’t like horror as a genre, but I’m glad I read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Animal death, Body shaming, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Sexism, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Murder, Rape, Toxic friendship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual assault

nicolechinny123's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

I love you Eddie 😓
“My mam always used to tell me that you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. And Eddie from Tesco is a fly, but he’s got a taste for vinegar. It’s like vinegar is all he’s ever had from people, and now he doesn’t even know what honey tastes like.” 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Body shaming, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Murder, Rape, Body horror, and Biphobia

Minor: Animal death

tartar94's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Murder, Animal death, and Eating disorder

ifpaint's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

A good an interesting read. I'm not sure it was right for me. The story was well crafted and I could see it performing well on screen maybe

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Murder, and Sexual violence

miriyumi's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, Physical abuse, and Vomit

Moderate: Rape and Toxic friendship

nindo_tengse's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

3.0

I am... CONFLICTED. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Mental illness, and Drug abuse

tiffisabooknerd's review against another edition

challenging 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Drug abuse

marjoleinvanderspoel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I expected this to be a fun, silly book with maybe some gore, and it was that, but also so much more. I definitely get the female rage obsession now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Vomit, Blood, and Gore

Minor: Pedophilia

luxxltyd's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Alcohol, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Rape, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Addiction, Eating disorder, Murder, Sexual content, Death, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Blood, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, and Pedophilia