Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Opium and Absinthe by Lydia Kang

23 reviews

bnielsen214's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use

Moderate: Drug abuse and Violence

Minor: Rape

itsheyfay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Death, Blood, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Moderate: Abandonment, Classism, Torture, Vomit, Alcohol, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage, Xenophobia, and Pandemic/Epidemic

bookingwithjanelle's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.25

 I love this style of writing & time period. I really enjoyed the tie-ins with Dracula and the "vampire" murders. While I mostly enjoyed it, I struggled a little bit to maintain a steady reading pace and at some points, I could get distracted fairly easily and wasn't as captured as I usually am during reading a book. There was a lot of drug abuse, so if that is a trigger for you, I would avoid this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use

elienneg's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Sexual harassment

themelodyofspring's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This was surprisingly good. Kept me at the edge of my seat. I had suspicions about the culprit, and I liked how I was wrong but still close. At least the one person I trusted turned out to be good 😊
Trigger warnings: substance abuse, withdrawal symptoms, domestic abuse.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Pregnancy, Vomit, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cannibalism, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical content, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

sas_ram's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

Review might follow soon.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Sexism, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Forced institutionalization

mammut's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Addiction, Classism, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Death, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Vomit, Confinement, Medical content, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

lizziegracereads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

This is an atmospheric historical fictionn. It is set in Gilded age New York City with a series of murders that look suspiciously like vampires are the culperates. 

Tilly as an interesting character as she struggles in the upper class society she is raised in and to just exist  as herself  when her individuality is crushed by the societal expectations. Tilly wants to be a reporter like Nellie Blye but she is expected to marry and be a well behaved and well mannered young lady even though she is struggling with the death of her sister and wants to have answers. The romance was sweet and I enjoyed. 

I found the representation of addiction and substance use to be well done and humanizing as well as relatable. One part of the story that I appreciated was how Tilly's use of opium is tied to her family try to control her and her behavior which they do not approve of. 

The plot twist was unexpected and well done at the end. I also appreciate that Nellie Blye made an appearance in the story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

noblecharley's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse

lanid's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious

• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Cannibalism, Alcohol, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Confinement, Death, Medical trauma, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Sexual assault