Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

75 reviews

twas's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

Heartbreaking, powerful, gritty. The multiple perspectives are fascinating.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use and Racism

Minor: Gun violence

bookmarkedbyfi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Vomit, Racism, Police brutality, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Drug use, Murder, Addiction, Cancer, and Drug abuse

dios8008's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Police brutality, and Racism

rexpostfacto'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

Moderate: Abandonment, Hate crime, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Racism, Pregnancy, Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, and Addiction

Incarceration and servitude related to jail time

fartrat's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense 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: Drug abuse

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Medical trauma, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Police brutality, and Vomit

chovereads's review against another edition

Jesmyn Ward is incredible. I felt this one was a lot more intense and difficult to read (for being upsetting) than Salvage the Bones, which I loved. some scenes from this book stayed with me for a long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racism, and Vomit

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-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

4.25

This book is really raw and hard-hitting, and it has about every trigger warning possible. It's a world that many of us who are white and middle-class don't know and have been able to ignore as the faraway south. But the issues that this family faces are solvable, and it's all of our responsibility to change policy to put those social programs in place. This book is also a great anti-"classic literature" example - it's lyrical and winding and shows that there is not one way to write.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Cancer, Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Classism, Vomit, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Hate crime, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Sexual content, Addiction, Gun violence, and Murder

Minor: Abortion, Domestic abuse, and Abandonment

distancebetweenhunterandprey's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad 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

5.0

The effects of trauma, racism, and parental expectations on a family, as seen through three generations.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Murder, Drug use, Drug abuse, Police brutality, and Addiction

Moderate: Death

Minor: Rape

golelifsu's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Racism, Rape, Racial slurs, Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Gore, Addiction, Cancer, Hate crime, and Gun violence

caleighrosebud's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Racism, Physical abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Death

Moderate: Slavery, Addiction, and Police brutality