Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden

35 reviews

habertoes's review

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Drug use, Gun violence, Blood, Child death, Cursing, Genocide, Kidnapping, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Murder, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Bullying, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death of parent, Drug use, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Addiction, Cancer, Drug use, Grief, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

sofia_miss's review

hopeful informative mysterious reflective tense 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? Yes

4.25

Not five stars because the middle bit is slow

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Racial slurs, Kidnapping, Colonisation, Drug abuse, War, Mental illness, Death, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Violence, and Vomit

dominiq_ec's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Blood, Alcohol, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gore, Kidnapping, Racial slurs, Murder, and Racism

Moderate: Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Child death, Death, Child abuse, Classism, and Colonisation

Minor: Car accident

alexisgarcia's review

mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

while it was pretty predictable, this was a good book and was actually thrilling, which i can’t always say for other thrillers. the last 50ish pages were so so good! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Torture, Violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Cursing, Drug abuse, Grief, and Murder

t33_'s review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Loved this book from the beginning to end. I read it in 2 days, I would of read it in one seating if I didn’t have to be an adult. I literally could not and did not want to put this book down. I learned so much about the Native American culture and teachings from this book(you know the stuff they don’t teach you in school. Also the massive injustice against the Native Americans) I will be looking into more of this author’s work. 10/10 will recommend! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Addiction, Bullying, Racism, Suicide, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Gun violence

summerb's review

adventurous dark informative mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child abuse, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Addiction, Blood, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, Alcohol, Bullying, Cancer, Colonisation, Cursing, Death of parent, and Violence

Minor: Domestic abuse, War, Bullying, Cancer, Infidelity, Addiction, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Classism, Colonisation, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Cultural appropriation, Excrement, Panic attacks/disorders, Genocide, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, and Police brutality

bookworm247's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Addiction, Blood, Violence, Car accident, Cursing, Drug use, Racism, Gun violence, Child death, and Grief

brycestevenwilley's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Really well written, tons of great ideas and through-threads. It can be a little slow at times, but each chapter does play an important in moving the story and its characters forward. 

Only downside is that it is extremely violent; it's definitely the intention, but it was a bit too much for me at times, if I wasn't reading as an audio book, I would have had to stop. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Drug use, Colonisation, Violence, Torture, Kidnapping, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, and Genocide

Moderate: Suicide, Car accident, Grief, Cancer, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Bullying, Medical trauma, and Hate crime

jess_d84's review

challenging dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Suicide, Colonisation, Addiction, and Racism

Minor: Rape

bootsmom3's review

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

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Racism, Kidnapping, Murder, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Racial slurs, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Cultural appropriation, Blood, Drug use, Grief, Colonisation, Death, and Genocide

Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, Animal death, and Sexual assault