Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Carving for Cara by Melissa McSherry, Dana LeeAnn

7 reviews

purplegurgles's review against another edition

dark tense 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? No

1.0

I am not a fan of dark romance and maybe it affected my opinion, but honestly? Not much. The writing was painful to read. Contradictions within one paragraph (how are her stockings BOTH opaque and see-through?), inconsequential elements given way too much attention for a novella, “not like other girls” trope (mentioned about ten times at least), MMC weirdly mentions his huge pierced dick so many times I stopped counting, etc. I kind of liked how she stayed in the concept of Halloween (using corn as a dildo, pumpkin vines as restraints, etc.) and there was a pretty good amount of description, enough that you know where you are and what’s going on, but not so much that you get bored and get out of the flow of the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Stalking, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing and Drug use

Minor: Vomit, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

devonsonnessa's review against another edition

dark funny tense fast-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

5.0

This book was amazing. No complaints. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

kelleyedwards_96's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Drug use, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

lindsykay12's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Stalking, Murder, and Alcohol

dovahkiin_shea's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

2.0

A man and woman lock eyes in a cafe. This immediately has him obsessing over her, stalking her, and

killing for her.

 
This novella is short and spicy, and has so many TWs. Not sure what I was expecting, other than what the dedication mentioned. Very short, not deep, and definitely stalker-creepy-instalust. You might enjoy it, or it might make you roll your eyes at how corny (💀) it is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

aytac's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

hariboreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

2.75

Mixed feelings on this one. There was too many plot holes that character actions didn’t make sense. The mmc’s backstory was useless and felt unnecessary. The spice was interesting though and certainly seasonal. The ending wasn’t really an ending though as you don’t really figure out how the fmc deals with the aftermath of what happened 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use and Toxic relationship