Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh by Molly Greeley

15 reviews

6emptynotebooks's review

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, Child abuse, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, and Pregnancy

gquintana's review

dark reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Drug abuse

lalesbianlune's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

This story starts slowly, diving into Anne de Bourghs childhood and background. As a minor character in my favorite story, it took a minute to become invested but the beautiful writing and compelling idea of Anne as a victim of drug-dependence since infancy captured me. This book is written with such thoughtfulness, to each character and their way of seeing 19th century England, to Anne as a woman with potential to “live, and love, however she chose,” and to the readers that love the characters of Pride and Prejudice. I particularly enjoyed the view of John Fitzwilliam, who felt so consistent with his existing characterization. This is one of the first Austen adaptations that I’ve read that really felt familiar and enchanting.

I only wish Anne and Eliza had experienced more of the joys of their relationship in the book, rather than seeing the happy ending summarized.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Drug abuse

lord_morpheus's review

emotional hopeful tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug use, Medical trauma, Drug abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexism, Confinement, Medical content, Death of parent, and Homophobia

Minor: Outing, Sexual content, Ableism, Vomit, and Body shaming

hmatt's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

Another great contemporary addition to the <I>P&P</I> universe. I'm finding that I quite enjoy these stories where we deep-dive into a minor character. 

For whatever reason, though, I wasn't quite as compelled by this novel as I was by <I>The Other Bennet Sister</I>, which is the last one of these takes I read. This one is a bit lighter on plot, maybe, and it feels a bit too long. Part 4, in my opinion, was completely unnecessary and can be omitted from your reading.

Moreover, what the f is the author trying to say about substance dependency and abuse in Part 4?? Because it kind of seems like they're glamourizing it by having Ann return to using laudanum, which is not cool.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Classism, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Drug use, Gaslighting, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Pregnancy, Grief, Medical content, Death of parent, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Outing and Rape

Minor "rape" tag refers to one instance in Part 3 where a character describes engaging in sex with their partner in a period-typical way that would be considered non-consensual now.

shelbybelby's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual content

chaptereleven's review

emotional reflective relaxing slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Drug abuse

mairead_parade's review

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• 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

4.25

A very enjoyable example of the reimagine a classic minor character trope, with a really beautifully done ending. My only complaint was that the detox process felt a little glossed over, which didn’t seem right given how central it is to Anne’s development. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, and Child abuse

Moderate: Death of parent

a2_rache11's review

emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Misogyny, Outing, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

izzye1500's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

3.75

there is a lot to like about this book! i'm glad that ann de bourgh is getting her backstory moment. the heiress didn't feel like austen (which is probably good?) but it was a lovely story about healing and strength and a woman's relationship to her landscape (which is admittedly an austenian feature). i thought greeley's handling of the characters introduced in p&p was pretty solid, but i was definitely more excited about the characters she invented. finally, and i cannot stress this enough: MORE LESBIAN ADAPTATIONS OF AUSTEN'S WORKS! THANKS :)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse