Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Children of Paradise by Camilla Grudova

19 reviews

blklagoon's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

Maybe it’s the former disgusting-Edinburgh-cinema-employee in me speaking but this was the most visceral and vivid book I’ve ever read. It hit too close to my own experience, in the most eerie way, until about the last 30 pages. I’m not sure how wide the appeal is as my connection is so personal but the descriptions objectively are equally beautiful and horrific. I need to talk about this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Abortion, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, and Fire/Fire injury

bettylooksatbooks's review

dark funny mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Excrement, and Vomit

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Abortion, and Alcohol

bocker_enligt_angelica's review

dark fast-paced

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

4.0

Ja…. Vad ska man skriva? Det här är inte något för den svagmagade. Gränsen mellan verklighet och vad som är en del av de drogpåverkade karaktärerna är knappt synbar. 
Jag kan känna popcorndoften även då jag lagt boken ifrån mig och scener ur boken får mig att känna mig allmänt olustig. 
Jag är imponerad och jag är glad att jag läst den men jag vill nog inte uppleva den igen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Abortion, and Alcohol

linguaphile412's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Suicide, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Abortion, and Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

kirstym25's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Excrement, and Vomit

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

stracciastela's review

mysterious 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

4.25

that felt like a fever dream and i loved it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, and Suicide

camila_caminioca's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

2.5

The kind of book that makes me think 'do I hate literary fiction?' 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Suicide

clarey_reads's review

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Suicide

aigreads's review

dark mysterious

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Vomit, and Abortion

Moderate: Self harm