Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Ripe by Sarah Rose Etter

81 reviews

page_with_no_i's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.5

One of the most depressing books I have ever read. But a well-crafted story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Abortion

marmalou_'s review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

“Once you get one job, then you get another job, and another job after that, and on and on. The years accumulate. Nothing about me has changed except the scale of my life“. 

Found some of the imagery slightly repetitive but really enjoyed this book. Some dark themes and quite a tense read. 4 ⭐️ overall. 

TW: burn-out, suicide, abortion, drugs, depression, bullying

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, and Drug use

whimsy_and_rigor's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

If you are a woman in tech, this will likely be a hard book to read. Or maybe it will validate all the feelings and experiences you’ve had.

If you have ever experienced depression, this will likely be a hard book to read. Or it will validate all the feelings and experiences you’ve had with depression. The black hole that follows her is a little on the nose, but it is powerful. 

Her relationship with her father is so precious 🤍

I didn’t love the ending. At all. Especially as a woman who had had similar experiences. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion and Drug use

camdelo96's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Drug abuse, Violence, Suicide, and Drug use

virgcole398's review

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

If you’re struggling with your mental health or healing from narcissistic abuse, please don’t read this book. It just hit too close to home…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Gaslighting, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Suicide, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Police brutality, Toxic friendship, and Sexual content

greensocks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Abortion, Drug use, and Death

josefina_na's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Drug use, Abortion, Suicidal thoughts, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

This was one of the most depressing books I ever read. Please make sure to be in the right mood before diving into this book.

smallmac's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

Really not sure if this was supposed to be satirical or not.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug use, Drug abuse, and Pregnancy

Minor: Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Abortion

rmcatalina's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, and Abortion

iridescencedeep's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Deeply unsettling, in an impressive way. But not that enjoyable to read. This is just stylistic preference but there were a lot of comma-separated lists used to build atmosphere; didn’t love that at the beginning and was kind of tired of it by the end.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Mental illness, and Drug use

Minor: Suicide