Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Criaturas luminosas by Shelby Van Pelt

180 reviews

teetasse's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, and Grief

aisya_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

3.0

The start was excellent but as the conclusion is nearing, the ending just fell short and rushed. Dissatisfied with how some of the characters and the chapters are written as well because sometimes it felt unnecessary or the author forgot to develop that point in the story (example below, spoiler tagged). The octopus was a star at first but somewhere in the middle the author just slips him in whenever and wherever the author thinks fit.

Example: Ethan finding the old cheque by Daphne Cassmore and all of the rushing that evening to do what exactly?

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug abuse and Drug use

etwasinspired's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

Great, engaging but light read. I did feel like the main character acted like she was 30 years older than her real age, which I didn’t understand, but still this is a fun book which most people would probably enjoy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Drug abuse

risemini's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, and Death

megan_mac_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Cancer, Drug abuse, and Pregnancy

alastaire's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? No

3.75

Very heavy, death focused. 
I loved each of the characters but thought the general message of the book was a bit off. More info on that in spoiler:

I thought they were setting up a found family story but then it didn't matter to the characters (as in they didn't form a closer familial type bond with each other) until they discovered that they were actually related by blood.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Drug abuse, Death, Addiction, and Cancer

Minor: Confinement, Suicide attempt, and Animal death

karitoy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Suicide and Drug abuse

moond4ncer's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Cancer, Drug abuse, and Suicide

palejandro's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective sad

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt and Drug abuse

meghanm404's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Cancer, Confinement, Drug use, and Grief

Minor: Blood, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Cursing, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Drug abuse