Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Erebos by Ursula Poznanski

5 reviews

cbrnd's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

One of the few books about video games that capture the immersive experience. The story was truly ahead of it's time. It's well thought out and clever, without becoming absurd. The scariest thing about this is the potential for it to happen in real life.

It also touches on the topics of addiction and peer pressure and handels them well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

mindlps's review

mysterious relaxing tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking and Addiction

Moderate: Blood and Rape

Minor: Alcohol

mayo_confessionary's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

La trama te atrapa y no te deja ir. Me encantó todos los giros de trama y como se desencadenó, excelente historia, muy buenos personajes y el world-building

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, and Addiction

Minor: Sexual assault and Car accident

There's a character who lies about being sexually assaulted, and a character is hit by a car and the scene is briefly detailed, is not explicit, however the stalking, panic attacks and addiction are very prominent topics on the narrative.

yohhhanna's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Ich habe das Buch das erste Mal in der 6. Klasse gelesen, als Schullektüre. Und seitdem mindestens noch einmal, vielleicht zweimal. Und jetzt wieder - mitten in der Klausurenphase. Es war mal wieder so gut, dass ich bis jetzt viel zu wenig gelernt habe... naja zum Buch: absolut sagenhaft, vor allem die in-game Kapitel haben mir viel Spaß gemacht.

und die Art, wie die Underground in das Spiel eingebaut ist, das war der größte Plottwist beim ersten Mal lesen ./spoiler> Ein paar der Charactere waren eher nervig, aber der Schreibstil war angenehm, schnell zu lesen, das ganze Foreshadowing macht natürlich bei einem Re-Read noch mehr Sinn, selbst wenn ich das Buch das letzte Mal vor ein paar Jahren gelesen habe. Und ich würde gerne mal Victor besuchen, cooler Typ :)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction and Suicide

Minor: Body shaming, Stalking, Bullying, and Sexual assault

kittykaz's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

 Reading this felt like seeing someone who has never played a video game watch somebody else play skyrim and now they're lecturing you about how violence in digital media corrupts teenagers.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Body shaming, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, and Sexual assault