Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Rouge by Mona Awad

7 reviews

linneak's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Cannibalism, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Sexual content

Moderate: Gaslighting, Addiction, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Body shaming

ashlesschaps7's review

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Body shaming, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Body horror, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Dysphoria, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Gaslighting, and Eating disorder

Minor: Racial slurs

organstag's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Wouldn't really classify this as a horror story, but it certainly can mess with your head at times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

drownedsewerrat's review

Tom Cruise subplot was gross. Also why do we have to keep relisting the skincare routine just leave it in a note somewhere at the top of the book. Kept throwing new subplots in without making progress on literally any of the other ones already happening. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Addiction, Grief, and Pedophilia

Minor: Racism

lizzyreadz's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Mirrors, moisturizing and murderous spa demons! This was a slow burn thriller that delivers a punch in the end. At the heart is a complicated love story between a Mother & Daughter. Nicely done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, and Body horror

Moderate: Addiction, Gaslighting, Gore, and Self harm

medini_l's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Death of parent, Grief, Suicide, and Animal death

nosleepbee's review

dark emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Cursing

Minor: Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gore