Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Force of Nature by Jane Harper

18 reviews

manola's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Death

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, and Sexual assault

apeck's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Murder, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, and Eating disorder

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Pregnancy, and Abortion

alice_reads38's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-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? No

5.0

Thia book is quite dark but if you like shows like Vera and Midsummer murders you would love this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Death, and Eating disorder

Minor: Addiction, Blood, Body shaming, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Fatphobia

bookstorian's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

In need of a quick paced thriller my fingers twitched towards another Jane Harper. After watching the movie adaption of 'The Dry' a few weeks ago, 'Force of Nature' beckoned me. 

I loved a haunted Australian landscape setting, the return of a familiar character (Aaron Falk) and the every changing eye suspicion I gave every character at one stage during the novel. Although it was slower paced than expected and dragged a little at times (I didn't even rush to the ending), I loved the descriptive lines of the environment and characters throughout the story. 

Although I preferred The Dry, I would still recommend this read to see what happens next to Falk. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Addiction and Eating disorder

kirstyreads's review against another edition

mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Grief, Death, and Bullying

Minor: Addiction, Eating disorder, and Drug abuse

emilymckay's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Death, Eating disorder, and Murder

petal's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Eating disorder, Murder, and Violence

silver_valkyrie_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This one wasn't *quite* as much of a page turner for me as The Dry, but it also had a less disturbing premise, which made it a bit of an easier read, emotionally. I did get a little tired of watching the characters make bad decisions-- I told my husband at one point, "If I wanted to read about people being inept, I could have just read literary fiction."--but not quite to the level where it ruined my enjoyment of the book. By the time I got the last third or so, I stayed up late to finish it all in one go. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying and Addiction

Minor: Sexual content, Death, Miscarriage, Animal death, Blood, and Eating disorder

There is a reference to an abortion.