Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

משפחה של שקרנים by E. Lockhart, א' לוקהארט

159 reviews

alealanapemb's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual assault

Minor: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief

aen236's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Minor: Rape, Suicide

k4rs1n's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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i thought this book was so amazing! it lived up to my expectations and had my jaw dropping!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, Alcohol

Moderate: Homophobia

ms_smith's review against another edition

3.0

dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I don't even know where to start. This book was okay, I guess. Nothing special. It started very slowly for me, I'd say I was rather bored until passing the first 100 pages, which is, again as I mentioned with We Were Liars, almost half of the book. I wouldn't say that this was a bad book to read, but I was waiting for something more to come. I'm the type of person who must connect to and like the characters to some extent to stay invested in the story, but this is not that type of a book. Carrie was neutral for me; sometimes I was annoyed with her, sometimes I thought she was over-dramatic (especially with the parts where Lockhart put unnecessary line breaks...why?!), even sorry for her, but mostly I felt really distant from any of the characters of this book. I guess, maybe this was the writer's intention, but this type of writing just doesn't tick the boxes for me. Again, this wasn't a bad reading experience, but I'll probably forget about it in a couple of weeks.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Grief, Murder

Moderate: Body shaming, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Alcohol

Minor: Homophobia, Slavery, Lesbophobia

bookwormloverofbooks's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Murder, Alcohol

e_a1's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I Like the prequel better. I liked being in carrie’s head more somehow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Sexual violence

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

roseamillerg's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Grief, Murder

chloes57's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

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Liked the prequel but felt like this book was longer than needed.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Rape

tobiii's review against another edition

2.5

dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Blood, Grief, Alcohol

charlottedow's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Second book I’ve read in a row about rich young people getting away with murder, idk what that says about me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder