Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Criaturas luminosas by Shelby Van Pelt

83 reviews

sierrabowers's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

I thought this was a great book. The 3 storylines come together in the end in a very satisfying way. Although we don’t ever really find out

what happened to Eric, Cameron’s dad,

I still think it ended nicely. I love the way the octopus was woven into the story, and how it ended as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Abandonment, Cursing, Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Drug use, and Drug abuse

leighkelly's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

megj23's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Cursing

Minor: Drug use and Abandonment

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

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

anonymous_user's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

What a beautiful book. It really touched me. It took me a little bit to get into, but I loved the characters, especially Marcellus. It had me tearing up at the end - what a special story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Abandonment, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction and Drug use

miyothecat's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Child death

Moderate: Suicide, Drug use, and Drug abuse

lorenmarie7's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective sad fast-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

This book was so good. I enjoyed Marcellus. The way grief was talked about was tender and real. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Grief, Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Abandonment, and Drug use

imstephtacular's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use, Cancer, Addiction, Grief, and Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion, Animal death, Cursing, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Death, Medical content, Suicide, Classism, and Injury/Injury detail