Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias

50 reviews

shawnthulhu's review against another edition

<Spoiler> I just can't get past them torturing a child for religious gain...written in detail. I get there is likely metaphor there. But that was hard to read and it made me feel too uncomfortable and I wasn't prepared for it in any way. Read the trigger warnings before you pick this one up so you know what you're getting into.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

sophiaangela's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

kenziburke's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Child death, and Drug abuse

book_creature's review against another edition

dark tense 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse and Transphobia

Minor: Animal cruelty

bookmark3brodi's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

victoriaharris001's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Vomit, Trafficking, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

doomluz's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

I like the mix of Spanish words and phrases, though I’m not sure how much non-Spanish speakers might be able to understand some of them.
It starts sad, but then it gets really intense. It has some supernatural elements, but for the most part it's gritty and realistic, in a gory and violent way.
Overall, it was a great book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, and Misogyny

Minor: Transphobia

jennifer_bush_73's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

princesstripsy's review against another edition

DNF’d which is rare for me. I’ve read two really bad books from BOM that I managed to suffer through but this one has compounded issues. The language jumps are a good idea on paper but hard to read. The violence and over the top and graphic substance and child abuse was where I officially called it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

heatherapril's review against another edition

dark slow-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

0.25

Extremely predictable. The characters were all awful and hypocritical. A significant portion of dialog is in Spanish, for no reason. A sentence might start in English and end in Spanish, and it’s not general Spanish most people know, you have to be an advanced speaker to understand. The author tried so hard to write a thriller that just failed.  An EXCESSIVE amount of time spent on child abuse that was absolutely not needed at all. The vocabulary and character development felt like a high schooler wrote the book, you lose track how many things are “dilapidated”.  Half of one page was “Not enough money for rent. not enough money for car insurance.” And the like. I will be throwing this book away because it has no home on any shelf. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, and Racism