Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Opium and Absinthe by Lydia Kang

5 reviews

goblintrash's review against another edition

emotional informative mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Death, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Child death

ms_read's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative medium-paced

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

4.75

Kang writes characters so beautifully. Her murderer reveal had me shocked, not because it was implausible, but because it was so logical that I can’t believe that I didn’t see it! Her scientific  and historical knowledge is evident in her writing. All of it is so very real while bordering almost on magical, which is the very nature of science! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Stalking, Murder, and Classism

Minor: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

soeffl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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: Addiction, Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Grief, and Classism

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: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Classism

bookish_afrolatina's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Medical trauma

Minor: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail