Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

White smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson

146 reviews

beeeenerys's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

5.0

Get Out meets The Boy

Really enjoyed this one, I was so invested in the audio i ended up working on auto-pilot through my shifts so i could pay attention, Marcella Cox did an amazing job as the narrator.

Mari's anxiety spirals felt very realistic, as well as her issues with Piper, Mari felt and acted like her age. It's also nice to read a YA that didn't feature any romance (I feel like it happens all the time in YA of any genre especially with an FMC). the time was instead spent working resolving Mari's issues and exploring the environment. 

This was a great read and I'll be keeping my eye out for a physical copy to add to my haunted house collection.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Body horror, Forced institutionalization, and Drug abuse

pagelikebooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Drug abuse

Minor: Death and Kidnapping

eiron's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

brittonmc1221's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Classism, Medical content, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Drug use, Death, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, and Violence

mzgeee53's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Confinement, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Medical content, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Violence

Minor: Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Pedophilia, and Vomit

abeavs's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.5

Much spookier than I expected, Mari was annoying at times but she’s seen some shit so I gave her a pass. Would have been 5 stars with a little more resolve at the end and the weed obsession felt a little forced but again she’s a high schooler so I think it makes sense for her character. Overall this was really good and scary!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Drug use, and Drug abuse

rachiem's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Mental illness

Moderate: Cursing and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Blood, Addiction, Violence, Animal cruelty, and Drug use

chellyfishing's review against another edition

dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Drug use, Racism, Drug abuse, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Addiction

Minor: Rape

torihbu's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

this was an action-packed thrill from start to finish. there were multiple plots going on at once (some more developed than others), but between all of it, i never got confused. i thought the gentrification subplot was a bit under-developed—there's only so much you can fit in 350ish words. but the main character's PTS/anxiety subplot and the main "haunting" of the book were extremely well-written, well-paced, and compelling. everything totals up to present the horrors of reality. just when you think you know what's going to happen next, you'll be surprised by this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Blood, Body horror, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Drug use, Drug abuse, Bullying, Grief, Cursing, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Alcohol, Racism, Vomit, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Hate crime

diannasbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

4.75

The narration in this book was amazing!!! The story was amazing! This story had so many layers to it! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Violence, Medical trauma, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, Racism, Murder, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, and Child death