Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

The Cipher by Kathe Koja

3 reviews

sarah984's review

challenging dark slow-paced

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

4.0

I've been wanting to read this one for a while and it did not disappoint: nasty characters in nasty situations as everything spins out of control. It got a little repetitive for me near the end and the kindle edition had some annoying OCR errors but overall highly recommended to anyone who likes weird horror.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Body horror

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual content, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Drug use, Vomit, Ableism, and Excrement

kurumipanda's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Gore, Mental illness, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Excrement

Moderate: Grief, Blood, Drug use, and Vomit

Minor: Confinement

judassilver's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Medical content, Murder, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Violence, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Death, and Self harm

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

Minor: Gun violence, Cannibalism, Car accident, Homophobia, and Excrement