Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Dreadnought by April Daniels

7 reviews

teyn's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

3.75

I would've loved this if not for the gendered fatphobia and ableism that added absolutely nothing to the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Homophobia, Misogyny, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Toxic friendship and Sexual harassment

forestfloor's review against another edition

adventurous challenging fast-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

I could. not. put. it. down!!

Fantastically engaging read, and satisfyingly fast. I think there was interesting world-building, albeit nothing ground breaking as far as what's typical in terms of building up a world with superheroes. I found the characters really engaging, with strong personalities. The trans rep really hit for me - Danny's experience of her transness and the way other people treat her because of it really rang true. 

I was bothered at points by the tones of ableism metahumans (including Danny) have for "baselines" and more so by the way actual disability was treated when some characters acquired it. I get the impression this will be explored more in book 2, which I am interested to read because I wasn't very happy with where the topic gets left in this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Violence, and Outing

Moderate: Ableism and Addiction

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Transphobia, Violence, Medical content, Outing, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Cancer, Drug use, Fatphobia, Racism, Rape, Vomit, Death of parent, and War

karcitis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Body horror, Bullying, Deadnaming, Fatphobia, Rape, Self harm, and Vomit

megplant's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Deadnaming, and Transphobia

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Homophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism

jjjreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Lesbophobia, Outing, Abandonment, Dysphoria, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Genocide, Self harm, Slavery, Vomit, and Gaslighting

apersonfromflorida's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Outing

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying and Death