Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Patricia Wants to Cuddle by Samantha Allen

5 reviews

cmboyke's review

dark funny lighthearted mysterious fast-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

4.75

This was the perfect thrill ride to pull me out of my reading slump. Once I started, it was difficult not to read the rest. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Classism, Religious bigotry, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Bullying, Colonisation, Sexism, Violence, Gore, Homophobia, Medical content, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Lesbophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Gun violence, Sexual harassment, Death, Car accident, Murder, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Self harm, Ableism, Drug use, Kidnapping, Abortion, Biphobia, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Racism, Stalking, and Toxic friendship

amonkman's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Body horror, Car accident, Violence, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Religious bigotry, Body shaming, Homophobia, Alcoholism, Vomit, Cancer, Addiction, Alcohol, and Suicidal thoughts

apestforwrens's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

Like a lot of reviews have already said, great concept but a little shaky on the execution. Even so, it was a fun read. Part of that fun was saying “wait what just happened?” out loud to myself as I was reading.

I didn’t love the ending, I think it felt a little rushed and we never quite got any explanation for *why* the cult was doing what it did aside from some vague “she’s so amazing” stuff. I did love the epilogue though. I’d also love to read a prequel to this just about the formation of the Lesbian Death Cult (tm)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Alcohol, Homophobia, Body horror, Addiction, Car accident, Death, Gore, Alcoholism, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abortion, Cancer, and Domestic abuse

hannahpings's review against another edition

funny medium-paced

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

2.75

picked up patricia because i wanted to read the book the cover blurbs were raving about. i still want to read that book. this is not that book.

self-indulgent and dragging first and second acts are so caught up in the characters, complexes, and institutions they're lampooning that they end up almost as vapid and certainly as weightless. satire requires clarity of purpose and target etc etc 

was originally going to give this a 2.5, but a satisfying—if unearned, and unsubstantiated—third act brought it up a bit.

ultimately, i can't help but feel like this is a book that's begging to get picked up for a movie deal, which would probably be the best fate for it. it'd certainly make a better (clearer, better constructed, more precise) movie than it does a novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Addiction, Body horror, Car accident, Death, Violence, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Abortion

Minor: Homophobia and Lesbophobia

brashcandicoot's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Cursing, Addiction, and Violence

Minor: Homophobia, Child abuse, Biphobia, Abortion, Vomit, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Animal death, and Suicidal thoughts