Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Memorial by Bryan Washington

15 reviews

djreads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction and Death of parent

gabbygarcia's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Drug use, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Racial slurs, and Racism

lena_and_her_books's review against another edition

emotional reflective

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Death of parent, and Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Violence and Vomit

gm_vak's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Terminal illness, and Sexual content

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Thanks to Riverhead Books for the free advance copy of this book. 

✨MINI REVIEW✨ 

What I liked:
📚 The prose is clear and delicate
📚 A close look at the complicated relationships we have with our parents as adults
📚 I've never been to Houston, but I could feel the city in this book
📚 Not all queer relationships are happy and safe, and as painful as Mike and Benson's relationship sometimes was, I'm glad the queer canon is broadening
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What I didn't like:
📚 Speaking of painful relationship, I do wish the characters had acknowledged the mutual abuse a little more directly. It would have been a very different book, then, though
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Content warnings: domestic abuse, cancer, death, racism, homophobia. 📚

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, Cancer, Death, Homophobia, Physical abuse, and Racism