Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Naked Lunch: The Restored Text by William S. Burroughs

18 reviews

crazyrhythms's review against another edition

dark funny

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, and Drug use

numbat's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

1.0

It was a bit much. Very graphic, rambling and incoherent but hen again I guess that is the point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Abortion, Gore, Mental illness, Cannibalism, Drug use, and Addiction

plastik_child's review against another edition

Got caught up in other reads. Some very graphic moments that discouraged picking back up a bit, but overall not a bad reading experience. Will give another shot another time. :)

Projected rating: ~3.5/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use

Moderate: Pedophilia

kaitoro_walker13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.75

I just didn't GET IT. They were good short stories, but I feel like if I got the book, it would have been so much better

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, and Murder

heidifuglevand's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

jblago's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

A book to more absorbed than read. When I started I was understandably challenged just comprehending each sentence as I read it, sometimes rereading the same paragraph multiple times simply to understand the words themselves let alone any semblance of deeper meaning or overall plot. But as I read more I became more comfortable with the style of this book. A literal Diary of a Madman. Junk-sick and mostly disgusting, yet proud and satirical on a level I have yet to see in any other book, film, or other art piece. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Classism, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Death

Moderate: Trafficking, Suicide, Abandonment, Abortion, Animal death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Vomit, Violence, and Transphobia

Minor: Homophobia, Pedophilia, Murder, Islamophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

The satirical nature of the book makes it HEAVY with content warnings, but within context everything has its purpose. Each word serves its raison d’etre perfectly, in spite of its outward appearance.

gleerest's review against another edition

challenging funny medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Racial slurs, Addiction, Violence, and Death

madisontoth's review against another edition

challenging funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

i think this book changed my life. i’ve never read anything like this before in my life and it was so fucking fun!! i’m in love with burroughs’ writing style and every single other book i’ve read after this has just fallen flat. there’s literally nothing like this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Drug use, Medical content, Addiction, Medical trauma, Rape, and Body horror

r_tthalia's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Rape, Homophobia, Addiction, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

grantsharpies's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Sexual violence, Drug use, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Excrement, Rape, and Pedophilia