Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

The End of Alice by A.M. Homes

10 reviews

madelinequinnee's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Not entirely sure how to sum up this book. It was an interesting read, and i think the writing was very well done, but the ending left a lot of loose ends that i think could have been explored more. 

The final chapter was especially disturbing to me, and there were many scenes that made me feel very icky, so this certainly isn’t a book for the faint hearted and definitely check trigger warnings before picking this up because it gets very heavy very quickly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Sexual violence, Suicide, Confinement, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Child death, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Death of parent, Drug use, Sexual assault, Stalking, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Murder, Self harm, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic friendship

eefsteefs's review

challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Gore, Incest, Child abuse, Murder, Suicide attempt, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

Minor: Vomit

spooky_taylor's review

dark medium-paced

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

1.0

I was not a fan, felt it went way too far into a very taboo topic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Violence, Child death, Incest, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, Pedophilia, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Death, and Child abuse

always_a_reader's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Drug use, Murder, Sexual assault, and Rape

catell's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Rape, Child death, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Death of parent, Drug use, Self harm, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Suicide, Death, Blood, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Incest, Grief, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

christina_reads_books's review

glorifies pedophilia; "romance" between a 19yo and 50yo; called a young girl a "precocious nymph"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, and Pedophilia

Minor: Drug use and Death of parent

charbookchar's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual violence, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Homophobia, Child abuse, Drug use, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Child death

litltlehistorian's review

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

This book was a sad and revolting look into the mind of the most undesirable of our society. It also gave little glimpses into the complexity and the strangeness of the world around us. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Death of parent, Incest, Excrement, Gore, and Drug use

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

Minor: Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Misogyny

nachoheiress's review

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Child death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Violence

autumnwhite's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Grief, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Gore, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Violence