Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Truth of the Divine by Lindsay Ellis

5 reviews

xeniaaaaaah's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Addiction, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, and Alcoholism

Minor: Domestic abuse

_doze_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Grief, Gore, Mental illness, Gun violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Antisemitism, Self harm, Drug use, and Sexual content

Minor: Torture, Forced institutionalization, and Sexual violence

pharp's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.0

I think the pace was the saving feature of this book, because the whole time i was not enjoying it, and yet for some reason I wanted to keep reading until the end. There was a strong focus on the main character's panic attacks and suicidal ideation. If, like me, you enjoyed the girl-alien friendship adventure of the first book, you can skip this one. Ampersand, the alien protagonist in the first novel, is barely in this one, and when he is the relationship between him and the main character is heavily coded as abusive. There's a new alien in this one, and he's coded as an addict and also an abuser. It's a real bummer! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Violence

softanimal's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Self harm, Grief, Islamophobia, Gun violence, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, Violence, Suicide, Racial slurs, Mass/school shootings, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Racism, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Torture, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Deportation, Body horror, Drug use, Eating disorder, Genocide, and Xenophobia

stormywolf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

4.0

 Audiobook Read by Abigail Thorn, Kaveh Taherian, and Stephanie Willis
Unabridged Length: 17.3 Hours
Listened at 2x Speed

Read my full review at The Wolf's Den

Overall, this was a great improvement and continuation of what came before. The new cast member added even more authenticity to the production (which was only fair considering his "consultant" status) and expertly ushered me through the bits of Farsi/Farglish that Kaveh and his family used throughout. I am both scared—considering how devastated this book left me at times—and excited for what comes next, and am eagerly awaiting the next update. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Death

Moderate: Addiction, Racial slurs, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Genocide, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Racism, and Sexual content

Minor: Dementia, Infertility, Misogyny, and Police brutality

Author's Note includes content warnings for trauma, post-traumatic stress, depression, addiction, alcoholism, domestic violence, mental illness, panic attacks, suicidal ideation, suicidal planning, attempted suicide, completed suicide, violent self-harm, racism, xenophobia, Islamophobia, racially motivated violence, anti-Semitism, racial slurs, and (while she wouldn't consider it sexual violence) some uncomfortable sexual situations.