Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Mysterious Skin by Scott Heim

12 reviews

greenan26's review

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, and Cursing

Moderate: Blood, Pandemic/Epidemic, Violence, Bullying, Drug use, Sexual violence, and Injury/Injury detail

cos_is_me's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Blood, and Vomit

Moderate: Drug use and Homophobia

Minor: Animal cruelty

mth2flme's review

dark sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Homophobia, Drug use, Pedophilia, and Physical abuse

aliceelizabethb's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Drug use

hitnoises's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

One of my favorite books ever, I hold it close to my heart and I think about it all the time. Something you will think about forever.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Rape, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Drug use and Abandonment

remimicha's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Violence, Ableism, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Abandonment, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Animal death, Death of parent, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

ksuthie's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Pedophilia, Abandonment, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, and Homophobia

alkalineoatmeal's review

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Drug use and Homophobia

kfisher2024's review

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

Hard to read at times. It definitely sticks with you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Drug use

thewitch_sabrina's review

emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Drug use, Rape, and Pedophilia