Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

30 reviews

nessidy's review

dark emotional sad medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, and Alcohol

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Excrement, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Rape

georgie_mb's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-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

Heartbreaking. I physically ached at certain points for these characters. 

I was absolutely hooked from start to finish, and I’m kind of sad to be done with it. It feels like I’m mourning someone, and I just want to keep hearing about Shuggie. 

Highly recommend the audiobook version too!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Rape, Sexual violence, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Fire/Fire injury

jbln's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Homophobia, and Alcohol

megb64's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

madread8's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Homophobia

leonkaspar's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

sally96's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Alcoholism

michelsalamouni's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

aoifereadsbooks69'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? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

introverted_reads's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Alcohol