Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

3 reviews

patydenisse's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

2.0

You think you’ll love the book, but then you keep reading and ask yourself why is this or that on the book, the it gets sooo bad. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment

It is not for kids, I would even say teens, there’s explicit sexual content

mallory10100's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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? No

5.0

god this was so sad 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Drug use, Stalking, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Self harm, and Pregnancy

wow 😭😭😭

kaleidoscope_heart's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Medical content

Minor: Addiction and Adult/minor relationship