Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Rosewater by Liv Little

8 reviews

nerdysread's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective tense 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

2.75

Not a bad book tbh but its pacing was off sometimes, like some
Parts were unnecessary. One last thing, the MC was 😬 most of the time. Like go get therapy girl

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Car accident, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Drug use

drawahardline's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual content, and Car accident

Moderate: Death

kneebees's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Drug use, Grief, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual content, Cursing, Infidelity, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Alcohol, Car accident, and Medical content

Minor: Pregnancy and Vomit

ekg's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, and Drug use

hellojay's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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? Yes

4.75

All in all: loved it. I’m not into romance typically, but I ate this one up! I love how the sex scenes felt real & not weird or forced. I love the rep. I love the extra characters and felt like everyone stayed as long as they should in the story (I liked them when they came, but my main focus wasn’t them of course, so I was okay when they left the scenes). 
The only thing I have an issue with is something I might’ve just made a mistake on, but it seems as though Elsie thinks someone being with a man automatically makes them straight even when they aren’t  & that queer relationships do not involve kids. 

Also, I wish we saw more of a development with her book & I thought the baby + her ex thing would go somewhere more but I suppose the way that was tied up could suffice, as I’m not too hurt by it.

Typically also roll my eyes at the issue at the end (no spoiler), but I was properly interested & not annoyed. Maybe should’ve been a bit longer to flesh certain things out, but I’m not too hurt with the outcome. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Minor: Drug use

stechu___'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Sexual content

shector1's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious reflective 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

4.25

 

I received this book as an arc from Netgalley.

This book follows Elsie being evicted from her apartment. She moves in with her best friend and the book continues from there. This book is a clear example of finding love where it has always been. It explores family and the relationships Elise has. Also, Elsie deals with self-sabotage and how it can develop within herself. This book shows how life can be messy and how people constantly adapt to their circumstances. It was just interesting to see where this book would go. I think I would check out the audiobook because there are Elsie's poems and I want to hear how they would be performed. I really appreciated the Guyanese dialect and the descriptions of food were just amazing. I feel like my review does not fully capture my feelings about the book but I would recommend this to a specific group of people. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Cursing, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Drug use, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, and Gaslighting

Minor: Pregnancy