Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Bully by Penelope Douglas

17 reviews

ecravens's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

lilimday's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Alcoholism, Cancer, Abandonment, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Addiction

karambit's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Infidelity, and Sexual assault

Minor: Lesbophobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Vomit, Drug abuse, and Drug use

ravenanjell's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, Misogyny, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Domestic abuse

katapultti's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

I hated him like half of the time and wanted to fuck him the rest so…the basic. Yeah that’s it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, and Child abuse

stephanieclarex's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Violence, Sexual content, Rape, Physical abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Bullying, and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit, Drug use, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Blood

Some scenes with non-consensual touches and mentions of r*pe. Someone says the D slur.

nickiethebookwyrm's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Writing was a bit juvenile and the plot was a little flimsy. Cute read, though predictable. I found the characters hard to believe at the beginning and I didn't care about them much, but that got better as I kept reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, and Misogyny

Minor: Drug abuse, Gore, Rape, Sexism, and Vomit