Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum

21 reviews

atamano's review

emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Sexual content and Vomit

lyla_wicks's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.5

really sweet idea, and found ‘somebody nobody’ and jessie really cute. even though the secret admirer trope isn’t my favourite (and at some points did feel a tiny bit stalkerish), i found it so romantic , and loved the reveal and build up. wished we saw a bit more of her friends (and why that agnes girl had weird vibes), but did really like the family aspect in it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug abuse

morainjay's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Drug abuse

sprucewillow's review against another edition

lighthearted slow-paced

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

2.5

The idea behind this was cute. The mysterious secret text admirer was what kept me reading.

I enjoyed the story for the most part but the writing ruined it for me. The characters were not realistically written like early highschool-age teens. Reading the dialogue was awkward and cringey, and the internal monologue of the protagonist was as well. That, and a few times in the book there was an uncomfortable description of the protag's sexuality/body that felt really out of place. Topics regarding sex and sexuality are of course topics that can and should be accessible in YA books, but the instances it was used in this book felt objectifying and needless.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Drug use, Vomit, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, and Sexual content

perished's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

hapalyn's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction and Bullying

Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Sexual content, and Alcohol

srah's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Self harm

rawan_m's review against another edition

emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, and Death of parent

lalalily17's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Drug abuse

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective 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: Grief

Moderate: Bullying and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Sexual content, Vomit, and Suicide attempt