Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Opium and Absinthe by Lydia Kang

5 reviews

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

anibee19's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, and Classism

devvs's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

It was a nice book, it did slowed a lil in between but  author afterwards  picked the speed .really loved the romance there, love the mystery 
Now

Goshhh it really goes on the process about how a woman in that time gets  addicted. And Tom, my god I was really shipping him with fmc until chapter 20, as for Fmc damn she really makes some really questionable decisions especially that makin  herself contaminated with small pox And actually no one was actually there with her in  book except mmc ofc. Seriously it was kinda frustrating tho because u know our fmc is very sheltered and pretty naive.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Sexual violence and Toxic friendship

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

hannahlois's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Drug abuse

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Vomit

Minor: Child death and Miscarriage