Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero

7 reviews

monarchbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.0

I don't know what I was expecting going into this book but it was not what I got. Every page shocked me. A bit wordy and heavy on metaphors. Unexpected queer rep. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Homophobia, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

Minor: Deadnaming

hauntedboi's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Cursing, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Panic attacks/disorders

epeolatri's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This has very easily become one of my new favorite novels. I loved the author’s writing style and humor. Each character was amazing and fucked up in their own way. Every time I thought I had it figured out something even crazier happened, right up until the last sentence. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexual content and Torture

laurajones's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Car accident, and Colonisation

kaylatee's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

1.0

Only worth checking out if you're a die-hard Scooby-Doo fan, and even so, you may still be offended.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Deadnaming

Huge spoiler without context:

A character is revealed to be transgender and one of the lead characters does something to her that is super transphobic, with transphobic reasoning. The same lead also continues to somewhat refer to her with her deadname after the reveal (saying things like "before, when she used to be" and "when she was")

emkral's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Kidnapping

willowmae's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, and Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Grief