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Nightshift by Kiare Ladner

31 reviews

cowboylikestoread43's review

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Rape, and Sexual assault

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol

taylordeboucher's review

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Kind of … speechless right now. This was an emotional rollercoaster and so many of the scenes and sentences in this are so beautifully sad and deep and poignant. This felt to me like the universe apologizing for me reading my year of rest and relaxation (which I hate the further I get from it) — this book was an answer to that. It emotionally captured the same idea without being fucking miserable. This is a story for women in their twenties !!!!! Strongly recommend

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Eating disorder and Mental illness

stobo1kenobo's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

Why the fuck did she get played twice lmaooooo

This book didn’t really click with me. I think the obsessive notion on the back of the book wasn’t really the driving force of the plot. The main character’s flaws and mistakes were more of a highlight in my opinion, which often left me irritated.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

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

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Content Warnings

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

ericaruth's review

reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

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.

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

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Content Warnings

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

nana_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. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Alcohol

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Violence

colourbandit's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-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

5.0

Nightshift was a story of intoxicating infatuation and obsession, an exploration of sexuality and queerness, and an addictive read.

I was always dying to carry on when I’d finished and loved the experience of listening to it. It wasn’t really what I was expecting at first but it was so much better than that, and it really deserves the highest of praise. 

There are some very emotional and challenging elements to the book from start to finish, as we explore the characters and learn more about their experiences and interactions. The ending was unexpected but it really finished the story off perfectly and in a very believable, finite way.

I really do think that Nightshift will stay with me for a very long time and would highly recommend it. 5 stars. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment