Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Ziggy, Stardust and Me by James Brandon

9 reviews

rustylasagna's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

I think this book healed my inner teen more than any other book I’ve ever read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Homophobia

Moderate: Sexual assault

modernmatilda's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Wow, this book. I picked it up on a whim after seeing it on Novel Neighbors bookstagram page. Read the first four pages in the store and couldn't leave without it. 

It took me a minute to get past the over use of 60s slang, but when I got into the emotional scenes with Web and Johnathan, I wouldn't escape the book's pull. I just wanted Web and Johnathan to be happy!!! 

This book made me cry, a lot. I felt big emotions while reading it. There were also scenes that felt just like a David Bowie song. 

I really, really loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Alcoholism, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Alcohol, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death of parent, Drug use, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Violence

captainwinter's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.75

The idea of the book and some of its execution is great, but I just couldn’t get past the writing style. It like it was trying way too hard to be edgy and different and some things/words/phrases are repeated too many times. Idk, I don’t think this was my book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Violence, Racism, Alcoholism, and Addiction

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Hate crime, and Sexual assault

Minor: Grief

miserablemoons's review against another edition

5.0

I couldn't put this book down, the characters were written and opened my eyes to the things I need to see in myself and that I'm not a burden and j don't have to change. 
please r as the content warnings though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Racism, Mental illness, Police brutality, Pedophilia, Grief, Homophobia, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Alcohol, Colonisation, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Rape

kellysbookverse's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad fast-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: Racism, Violence, Torture, Religious bigotry, and Homophobia

Moderate: Death of parent, War, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Addiction

foreverinastory's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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

This was so good but ow my heart.

Rep: white gay male MC, Native American (Oglala Lakota Nation) gay male love interest, Black biracial cishet female side character, a couple Native American (Oglala Lakota Nation) side characters.

CWs: bullying, homomisia/homophobia, racism, alcoholism, addiction, attempted sexual assault, racial slurs, violence, xenophobia, medical trauma, electroshock therapy, conversion therapy, hate crime, past mentions of police brutality and murder, death of parent, alcohol consumption, drug use, torture, child abuse. Moderate: consensual sexual content, pedophilia, colonisation, emotional abuse, misogyny, transmisia/transphobia. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Drug use, Violence, Medical trauma, Hate crime, Police brutality, Murder, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Bullying, Xenophobia, Medical content, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Addiction, Torture, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content, Pedophilia, Colonisation, Misogyny, Transphobia, and Emotional abuse

e_reader's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

This book shattered my heart and put it back together again. Jonathan and Web’s story pulls at all of the heart strings, and I just wanted to give Jonathan a hug. The book ends with a little bit of hope and some tearful moments. 

In particular I found the conversion therapy and Web being Indigenous as central to the story and they definitely  add to the book. Contrary to what some people said, I actually really like this meandering style of writing, it gives it a poetic tone. And the imagery is just fantastic, don’t skip over the details. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Racism, Sexual assault, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Self harm

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Self harm

andrealeeeigh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Blood, Child abuse, Colonisation, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Medical content, Mental illness, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Torture, and Violence

stegosaurus_babe's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Homophobia, and Sexual assault