Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

The Removed by Brandon Hobson

39 reviews

trailmixraisins's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Genocide, Grief, Suicide attempt, Colonisation, Dementia, Drug use, Mental illness, Racism, Addiction, Cultural appropriation, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Child death, Death, Confinement, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Police brutality

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Torture, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

beaubaggins's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Grief

Moderate: Violence, Drug abuse, Death, Dementia, Racism, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Dementia, Addiction, Child death, and Police brutality

crabbytaco's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Dementia, and Colonisation

Moderate: Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Child death

readingwithkaitlyn's review

reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Ableism, Grief, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Drug use, Gun violence, Dementia, Drug abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Police brutality, Suicide, Stalking, Sexism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Confinement, Alcohol, Addiction, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Genocide, Colonisation, War, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Pedophilia, Infidelity, Car accident, Cancer, Terminal illness, and Fire/Fire injury

Trail of tears, f slur, s slur.

mbmayo's review

hopeful reflective sad slow-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

3.0

This book is told from multiple perspectives. I was moved by Maria's perspective of losing family to violence, drug addiction and illness. While Edgar's storyline became bizarre and the metaphors presented were quite overt, I still felt compelled by his story. The interjections from the spirit, Tsala, helped me step into a world filled with spirits. I found myself annoyed and confused by Sonya's story line. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Sexual assault, Death, Addiction, Dementia, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Stalking, Colonisation, Drug use, Grief, Genocide, and Violence

Minor: Confinement and Racism

ktdakotareads's review

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Drug abuse, Colonisation, Death, Drug use, and Addiction

Moderate: Murder and Violence

blackcatkai's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-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

3.0

CW: racism, casual ableism, police brutality  gun violence, murder, child death, drug/alcohol use, addiction, violence, animal death, grief, physical/sexual assault, mental illness

not my usual genre, so it took a bit for me to get into, but thats absolutely not the books fault. its a heartbreaking and great novel about a family navigating their grief after the death of their son/brother at the hands of a cop. it handles a lot of rough topics so tread carefully. if you're in any way interested, absolutely read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Alcohol, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, Addiction, Racism, Cultural appropriation, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Xenophobia, Death, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Cancer, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical content, Murder, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Police brutality, and Sexual violence

Minor: Ableism

lwarburton's review

dark reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Racism

amandalorianxo's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

This a short read and another fictional viewpoint of indigenous people and how they survive after trauma. Our story takes place partially in Oklahoma and New Mexico. A Cherokee family lost their fifteen year old son due to a cop shooting him. The fifteenth year anniversary of his death is approaching and unfortunately, the remaining four members are somewhat scattered. Sonja, the oldest sibling, is close by but is struggling to figure out what being an adult means to her, embarking in a situation ship with a man that isn’t the best suited for her. Edgar, the baby of the family, is in Albuquerque, using drugs to cope with his depression. Mom and Dad are still alive but Alzheimer’s is clouding Dad more and more everyday. I did enjoy the Native American voice and background into their lives (we need more stories that showcase this) but I also wish (simile ish to other BIPOC centered stories) we focused on Indigenous joy instead of constant sadness and trauma. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use

Moderate: Child death, Grief, and Colonisation

Minor: Physical abuse

voxelbee's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death, Police brutality, Child death, Violence, Racism, and Murder

Minor: Animal death, Alcohol, Hate crime, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Chronic illness, Cultural appropriation, Dementia, Dysphoria, Cancer, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Torture, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gun violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship