Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Candelaria by Melissa Lozada-Oliva

5 reviews

karinaelisa's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Look, didn't know what I was in for and that made this a hell of a ride

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Addiction, Body horror, Death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, and Cannibalism

amarchetta's review

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

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

I loved this book. It is so complicated and intricate that I'm sure it could take years of study to analyze this work. But it was so interesting and funny and crazy that I didn't want to slow down. It moved between being clearly satirical and being so sincere that I cried a bit at the end :'( Just fantastic.

(Plus, I love to find a surprise abortion storyline in fiction!)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Body horror, Death, Gore, Pregnancy, Abortion, Violence, Cannibalism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Alcoholism, Grief, Alcohol, Sexual content, Racism, Addiction, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Drug use

dhritigupta's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

4.5

“And how actually, that was the hardest thing, to be soft enough to cut into”

a very crazy book that i don’t know how to describe, but i liked how it made me feel! i  just keep being like how did she come up with all of that!! i love melissa lozada-oliva’s voice in this, it felt truly unique and was so funny. not sure if i picked up on all the symbolism, especially near the end, but i think that’s ok

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion and Cannibalism

Moderate: Death of parent, Addiction, Violence, Grief, Body shaming, and Pregnancy

funkyauntjules's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense fast-paced

5.0

no you don't understand. i'm in love with this book. about 1/4 of the way in i knew i needed to read it again. and then again. this book has everything. EVERYTHING. melissa manages to take one thing and veer it in the opposite direction. oh you're crying? now you're laughing. oh you're scared? here's a wholesome, gorgeous, poetic moment. i wanted this story to be six hundred pages longer. i want this book etched into my headstone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Addiction

_morgreads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Abortion, Cannibalism, Death, Blood, Body horror, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Gore, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Murder, Self harm, Sexual content, and Suicide attempt