Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Family Business by Jonathan Sims

5 reviews

decafdirtychai's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Ending is a little abrupt and kind of simple? Good creepiness though. I was a bit spooked in the middle!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, and Murder

Minor: Homophobia

not_another_ana's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

3.25

Memories fail, time fades, chemicals cleanse. We all vanish in the end.

Diya's life is imploding. Her best friend's sudden death has sent her on a downward spiral of grief and self isolation that led to losing her job. With bills to pay, and looking for something to do, she takes a job as a crime scene cleaner with Slough & Sons. The job is hard and gross, which is to be expected. The vivid and horrific visions that come to Diya on some of the jobs, the sense of being watched, and the secrets the Sloughs are keeping on the other hand are not something Diya was prepared for. Something isn't quite right, and whatever it is it's coming for her.

Reading anything by Jonathan Sims feels familiar, similar to having coffee with a long life friend. You can easily pick up the common threads between his works, which is nice but can also be repetitive and commonplace. I was entertained, sure, but not wowed.

Not the be all The Magnus Archives is A Podcast on main but this was the fears all over again lmao.

The book's pacing could have been tighter, the beginning was too slow and the ending, while spectacular and action packed, rushed. Diya was more a vehicle for the situations and not so much a fully fleshed out person so I had a hard time connecting with her.

The descriptions were good and spooky, while not fully scary. Same with the main villain, I would have enjoyed a more fleshed out adversary. I did like the ending quite a bit, plus the central message of the book, but this ended up being an okay read and that's it. I will still read whatever he publishes next though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

Reading anything by Jonathan Sims feels familiar, similar to having coffee with a long life friend. You can easily pick up the common threads between his works, which is nice but can also be repetitive and commonplace. I was entertained, sure, but not wowed.

Not the be all The Magnus Archives is A Podcast on main but this was the fears all over again lmao.

The book's pacing could have been tighter, the beginning was too slow and the ending, while spectacular and action packed, rushed. Diya was more a vehicle for the situations and not so much a fully fleshed out person so I had a hard time connecting with her. The descriptions were good and spooky, while not fully scary. Same with the main villain, I would have enjoyed a more fleshed out adversary. I did like the ending quite a bit, plus the central message of the book, but this ended up being an okay read and that's it. I will still read whatever he publishes next though.

casdelvo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Stalking, and Death of parent

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gore and Classism

reginacattus's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

misszoe's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Drug use, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail