Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Take It Back by Kia Abdullah

5 reviews

cardanrry's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

3.0

fuck that ending!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Addiction

clairebonney's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Drug use, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Animal cruelty/animal death relates to a swan in chapter 3. The dog in the novel remains unharmed.

mikki_9's review

challenging emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

yunsq's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Islamophobia

roxiw's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Overall enjoyable, but the tone was kind of pro-cop at times and I wasn't a fan of how graphic some of the descriptions of underage sex were.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Racism, and Xenophobia

The descriptions of the rape are very graphic due to the fact that the details are recounted to the authorities and in court. Sexual content between children as young as 14 is also described.