Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Nightshift by Kiare Ladner

20 reviews

hp97's review

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? Yes

1.75

I read this bc the cover was giving me unhinged female character a la bunny or myor&r with the hot pink and because I had Lucy dacus’ Night Shift stuck in my head when I found it in the bookstore so I thought it was a sign. I was mistaken. I found this book to be desperately unfulfilling and I like most of the books I read. Maybe I wasn’t in the right mood for it but there are better books exploring unhealthy and messy female relationships that do it better imo. Wasn’t my cup of tea to say the least but I feel like if you’re in a messy self destructive obsessive girlboss era it might appeal?

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Drug use

whosebooks_'s review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

3.0

I have no idea what to think about this book

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Rape, Alcoholism, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Eating disorder

codecat's review

dark medium-paced

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Eating disorder

alisonfaith426's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Alcohol, Death, Cursing, Drug use, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Dysphoria and Infidelity

kpbooks's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-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

4.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Minor: Alcohol and Drug use

rcy's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad 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

2.5

---

Content Warnings

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

venetiana's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

I really wanted to like this book – it started out very interesting – but I really don't. Latent racism, unnecessary violence, sphinx without a secret. I'm sad at how angry this book made me.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Drug use, Racism, Misogyny, Stalking, Alcohol, Rape, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Car accident, Death, Murder, Mental illness, Suicide, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Blood, Alcoholism, Medical content, Sexism, and Xenophobia

kaymichelle's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Drug use, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Rape

beckyrae's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

sillylilbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

This is a dark, tragic, emotional ride, and nothing really happens for 3/4s of the book but it’s wonderful, and it's beautiful and I devoured it.

The descriptions of the mundane and small feels revolutionary and so vivid. It reads like poetry. Its smart, it's go subtext, it loops on itself, it's funny, it's sad - chefs kiss 💋

For fans of My Year of Rest and anything Ottesa Moshfegh, The New Me and Boy Parts. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Alcohol

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Violence