Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

7 reviews

madalina0_0's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Abandonment, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Violence, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Sexism, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Suicide

deliriah's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Racism, Grief, and Physical abuse

vikidoki's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

3.0

I FINALLY FINISHED. this book was quite a journey. I think it was maybe the writing style or just the plot in general that kind of put me into a reading slump  but I couldn’t enjoy this book. I expected a fun murder mystery but I got a weird love story with way too long descriptions about feathers or the marsh in general that made the book so much longer than it was. the beginning was weird and the only thing that I kind of enjoyed was the questioning at the end. I did kind of expect the ending just because people always said it’s gonna be crazy but it’s quite predictable. but I have to say I’m really not impressed with this book I expected more and better. I do hav to say that I liked the ongoing conversation about racism as well as alcohol and abuse but this book was a huge disappointment. 

btw huge red flag that the author is wanted for questioning about a murder 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Racism, Bullying, Murder, Racial slurs, and Sexual assault

bellaiu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

I loved this book especially in the first three quarters except for that last quarter of the book where the story was reminded of chase andrews death. I feel like the ending was a bit rushed but meaningful. Reading the courtroom sessions was a DRAG to the point I just skimmed it. The story had a good meaning and the imagery and writing especially in the beginning was so good. My favorite area of the book was her childhood.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Abandonment

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Violence, Child abuse, and Racism

Minor: Grief, Death of parent, Bullying, Classism, Abandonment, War, Sexism, Hate crime, Drug abuse, and Cursing

razrow's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

TLDR: Painfully slow in the first third to half. Afterwards though, it becomes really enjoyable.

Longer Review: I am not overexaggerating when I say this book is painfully slow in the beginning. I got the audiobook and was struggling to get into the book early on. I also was debating dropping it but had a long road trip and decided to just endure through it. But I am glad I did. The book starts to really come around and become more enjoyable. It isn't good enough for me to recommend it to anyone, but if you like a slow burn mystery, then you would probably enjoy it.

Spoiler Review:

From the outset, I thought Kaya did it. But, as more time passed, I started to doubt myself. I thought maybe Tate had done it. All in all, still a good book though.

 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Drug abuse

calliopie's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

parisreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Stalking