Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Tiny Pretty Things by Dhonielle Clayton, Sona Charaipotra

25 reviews

noomi's review

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Eating disorder, Alcohol, Bullying, Drug use, and Homophobia

aelinfireheart's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

Aion varmaan lukea toisenkin, mutta lukeminen oli hidasta eikä tarina ollut millään tapaa erinomainen. Henkilöt eivät olleet samaistuttavia tai miellyttäviä.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Drug use

Minor: Alcoholism and Blood

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Medical content, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Vomit, and Bullying

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Infidelity, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Death of parent

jaec11's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

Tiny Pretty Things 

It's just a story of petty ballet drama. Nothing amazing. Went on for way too long, and didn't even solve any mysteries at the end. It was enjoyable enough though, just sheer drama 

PG 13

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Sexual assault, and Vomit

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Car accident, and Fatphobia

andreiaoh's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Bullying

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Vomit, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Racism and Sexual content

kbergsten's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Vomit, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Medical content, and Racism

Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism

texassizedreads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Vomit, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, and Bullying

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, and Racism

leahsbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

After watching the series on Netflix, I wanted to read the books. There's always a difference between books and shows, and this one was no exception. 

While the main characters were familiar, the story was very different. I still had the feeling that I couldn't quite figure out who was behind all the events of the story, although I did have my suspicions. It also made my heart break for these kids who are placed into such tough and competitive situations that set them up for major issues, including eating disorders, unhealthy relationships, bullying, and physical injuries. I think it also handled how racism rears its ugly head in ballet. 

The characters do clearly display their love for the art of ballet, as well as their talent, although they place their physical and mental health in jeopardy to achieve their goals in so many cases. I don't know anything about ballet (aside from how beautiful it is to watch), so I don't know how realistic some of the material is. 

But I do know that the authors have created a story and characters who completely engrossed me. Even the antagonists of the story earned some degree of empathy. Every character in the story has their strengths and flaws, and a range of influences that make them into who they are. I may not have agreed with what they did, but I could understand what was forcing their hand and leading them to do the things they did. 

I'm eagerly anticipating the second book, since I have GOT to find out what happens next!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Vomit, Chronic illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Car accident

booksbutmakeitgay's review

medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

stayshomeandreads's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

this book absolutely did not do it for me. the issues were handled so poorly, and gigi's character was too perfect to care about, while everyone around her was cartoonishly bad. also, please do not read this book if you have an eating disorder or are in recovery. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Homophobia