Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

The Pisces by Melissa Broder

46 reviews

siriface's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Addiction, Animal death, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

Relapse, Menstruation

elude's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Addiction, and Suicide

amsu's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-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

3.0

I don't know if I hated this book or liked it. Is it a 1 star or a 5 star? I don't know.
 It was intriguing, disgusting, frustrating, vulgar and still somehow beautifully written. I hated the main character at times, but I felt for her and felt with her. Some of her actions were understandable in the context of the book, but then again utterly unforgivable.

As one can see I am undecided, but what I know is that his book evokes strong emotions and made me reflect on love, obsession, mental health and human connections

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Vomit and Blood

academic pressure is one of the main themes!

aortiz09's review

dark emotional sad slow-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

1.0

If “Well, well, well if it isn’t the consequences of my actions” was a book. My mentality going into this definitely has influence on my review. The synopsis for this book made it sound like going into a whimsical fantasy romance, and the downward spiral of the FMC is anything but. Do I get it, yes. Is it what I expected and wanted at this time? No. It’s a sad journey with a woman’s addiction to Love and her terrible sexual encounters. Some major warnings/spoilers:

the doggo dies from tranquilizer OD/neglect

menstrual cunnilingus, anal sex,

she digs a turd from her ass while cleaning herself for potential anal, it’s a small chapter dedicated to this

. Some moments also felt like the FMC was trying to be so deep, but it just felt so forced and fake to me, and maybe that was the point? Who knows. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Excrement and Addiction

adey_b's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Sexual content, Addiction, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Ableism

She is UNWELL, but somehow the men are worse

buttfartspoo's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

I don't normally read a book by recommendation when I didn't even know the genre but I guess I was bored and had an audible credit (very dangerous scenario tbh). I wasn't expecting a very dark satire of monster lover books. I honestly haven't read any monster lover books so I wasn't sure it was a real satire but nothing about this was sexy, and I am pretty sure on purpose. I would describe this book as female Bojack Horseman without the fame. It is very much about the main characters depression and from a very real perspective on it.

they kill the damn dog though and honestly I hate that damn trope. To the point where I wonder why people write dogs in at all other than to get a cheap cry out of someone. It is honestly the laziest plot device and it doesn't change in this book either.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, Animal death, and Addiction

bersblue's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Murder, and Sexism

jinni's review against another edition

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: Animal cruelty, Addiction, Animal death, Drug abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Blood

limpitok's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Mental illness, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Vomit, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcoholism and Addiction

redus_reuse_recycle's review against another edition

challenging slow-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 really feel like this book had some interesting ideas and some really compelling sections

(namely the chunk near the end when she’s contemplating suicide via having Theo drown her)

but the main character was so annoying that I literally could not enjoy it. 

Also I think Lucy would be a terf (too much “divine feminine” crap from her) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Addiction, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, and Fatphobia