Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue

10 reviews

ewitsell's review

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Sexism

miraleighv's review

inspiring reflective 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Drug use, Death, and Alcoholism

Minor: Death of parent

bessadams's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Child death, Classism, and Death of parent

jessiesnoww's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Drug abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Grief, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Drug use, Classism, Alcoholism, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Homophobia, Child abuse, and Racism

zombiezami's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Addiction, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Sexism, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Racism, Vomit, Pregnancy, Deportation, Medical content, Grief, and Cursing

Minor: Sexual assault, Car accident, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Cultural appropriation, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Sexual content

calamitywindpetal's review

challenging sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Miscarriage, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Racism

taratearex's review against another edition

hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

I listened to the audiobook for this and it was just beautifully read by Prentice Onayemi, it definitely enhanced my experience reading this book. This was overall very enjoyable and an interesting story that I never really knew where it was going. Following the economic crisis in 2008 through the perspectives of two families, a white family working on a Wall street and an immigrant Cameroonian family who work for them was a unique angle to tell this story and it kept me interested. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Racism, and Drug use

ladymirtazapine's review

challenging reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Death of parent, Drug use, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Sexism, and Violence

ifersinklings's review

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

I didn't know what to expect when I started this book, other than it was about a immigrant family. This book was so much more than just about that, though. It was about family, the allusion of what the American Dream really is, about money and the cost of having wealth. There were so many different lessons in this story that I was surprised were executed so well, but also subtly. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Vomit

kayleyhyde's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Drug use and Drug abuse

Minor: Homophobia