Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie

4 reviews

da3m0nic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Gore, Incest, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Racism, Torture, and Vomit

Minor: Body shaming and Fatphobia

hedyharper's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Incest, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

adammtucker's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.75

Joe Abercombie is back with an excellent take on fantasy meets the Industrial Revolution with all the names and characters you've grown to live with First Law, but the next generation! A fantastic opening book to the Age of Madness trilogy that tees up lovable and interesting character and starts more quickly than you might be accustomed to with Abercrombie. I liked this one more than The Blade Itself which is high praise as an outstanding debut, this is one not to miss. Gritty, fast-paced, and the usual brand of heartachingly sad and funny grimdark you know and love.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Minor: Drug abuse, Sexism, and War

mikki_9's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

For some reason I was expecting to hate this book (probably the cover), but it turned out to be really good! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug abuse, Gore, Incest, Rape, Slavery, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Torture and Lesbophobia