Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

One Day by David Nicholls

41 reviews

froggybooks's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

i see a lot of me in this. something about it isn’t a 5 star but i’m not sure what. going to stare at a wall and cry now though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Infertility, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

porsche_elise's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, and Grief

Minor: Suicide attempt

socialphobia_88's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Death and Car accident

loulou_22's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Death of parent, and Alcohol

hjb_128's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

himrsa's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Death of parent

marissagero's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

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

2.0

I had to take a break from this book 50% of the way through because it put me in a rut. I’m glad I finished it, but it was hard to get through. I didn’t like that every chapter left off on a cliffhanger and the next chapter jumped a year into the future. I felt like a lot of cliffhangers were never fully “wrapped up”. I also kept finding myself thinking “I can tell a man wrote this book” every time Emma’s appearance was described. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual content, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer, Fatphobia, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

sarabookshelf's review against another edition

emotional

3.75

I watched both the movie and the series prior to reading the book, so I was a bit worried if I spoiled it for myself. But I still enjoyed the book, especially because I liked having more insight into the inner thoughts of Dexter and Emma. . I do have to say that I actually enjoyed some aspects of the show more than the book (such as

the closer relationship between Emma and Tilly, and that Dexter doesn't start dating someone after Emma

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It's very sad, but still funny and witty at times, and both the characters are flawed (Dexter more than Emma) and complete people with and without each other (Emma more than Dexter) And the concept of following the characters throughout the years but only on a spefic date is unique, and heartbreaking when you find out the date's relevance. Their relationship progresses quite naturally and the ups and downs of their relationship and even life are very realistic

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

denijaaa_s's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

okayyy, man likās, ka grāmata būs tikpat laba vai pat labāka nekā seriāls, bet jāsaka, ka es biju diezgan vīlusies. nu nevar būt tā, ka diviem cilvēkiem visu laiku ir melnā strīpa dzīvē, un tad, kad parādās cerības stars par labāku dzīvi, tad emma vienkārši ņem un nomirst. skatoties seriālu, es biju vairāk moved nekā lasot par to grāmatā. viņi abi ir sarkanie karogi, un es pat nezinu, kas mani nesaistīja šajā grāmatā. varbūt rakstīšanas stils? varoņi? es pat nezinu, bet es ļoti, ļoti centos, lai man iepatiktos šī grāmata, bet tas diemžēl nebija manos spēkos. :(

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Death, and Infidelity

Minor: Infertility and Death of parent

ninapulis's review against another edition

emotional funny sad fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol