Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

24 reviews

theenbybookworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

3.25

WARNING : PLEASE BE CAREFUL WHEN READING THIS BOOK!!! AT THE VERY LEAST, PLEASE READ THE CONTENT WARNINGS BELOW!!! MAY CONTAIN SENSITIVE TOPICS TO CERTAIN READERS!!!
I generally enjoyed the book. Perhaps it was how I read it - it was required for my 8th grade English class -, but I feel like I might have enjoyed it more had I had better circumstances to read it under. Nonetheless, it is a very heartfelt and deep story. My favorite character was definitely Johnny - I love a good character-development. Overall, would recommend to someone who likes morals and angstier(?) stories about living in a difficult situation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Classism, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Child death

Moderate: Gore, Drug use, Death of parent, Cursing, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Police brutality

Minor: Abandonment, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Police brutality, and Domestic abuse

So many things that people need to be cautious about with this book.

Spoiler

The death of 3+ people are described in quite a bit of detail. This would be Johnny (who died from injuries of the fire), Dally (who generally went crazy after Johnny died and proceeded to make him an obvious target for police - essentially committing suicide), and Bob (who we had the description of his dead body and the aftermath quite clearly, as it is a main focus).

Evident Drug Use and Alcohol Use from multiple characters. Lots of Street and Gun Violence. Please be careful and aware before you read this.

const_elle_ations's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, Death, Grief, and Classism

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug use, and Alcohol

rebeccaquinton's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Police brutality, Alcohol, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, and Drug use

another_dahlia's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Violence, Addiction, Gun violence, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Injury/Injury detail

samiann's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Alcoholism, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Murder

saara_ilona_muu's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, Grief, Gun violence, Classism, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, Drug use, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

elenakperez's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful 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

5.0

This book holds up from the time I read in 7th grade LA/SS. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Violence, and Bullying

Moderate: Murder, Death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Car accident, and Death of parent

leila_doesnt_know_what_to_do's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I cried most of this book to much tragedy for me 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Hate crime, and Drug use

ilovegilmoregirls's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Torture, Mental illness, Gun violence, Cursing, Addiction, Abandonment, Child abuse, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Bullying, Death, War, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Police brutality, Murder, Medical content, Grief, Gaslighting, Drug use, and Alcohol

ammr8973's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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: Child death, Violence, Drug use, Death, Alcohol, Mental illness, Gun violence, Grief, Bullying, and Classism