Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

L'attrape-cœurs by J.D. Salinger

25 reviews

thewritetofight's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

The ending was more like a cliffhanger in the sense that it wasn’t an end all be all, but it was very good

I found it very interesting how they implied towards the end of the book that Holden was abused sexually, you don’t see that often in books or any forms of media about boys

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Alcoholism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

greenrequiem's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, and Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Murder, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

aylin05's review against another edition

adventurous reflective sad fast-paced

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

2.75

For this being a book i read for a school research paper i thoroughly enjoyed it. while at times i was a little bored hearing about random people Holden knew and brought up, i think that in retrospect everything made sense. at first i didn’t understand or even like Holden, but that honestly changed by the end of the book, which was super sweet. this book deals a lot with growing up and the difficult/ scary transition between childhood and adulthood and a lot of Holden just trying to find his place in the world. I’d definitely recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Suicide, and Alcohol

Minor: Child death, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

brynhayes's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

katkatniss's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Mental illness

Moderate: Addiction, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Death

evawertz's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

This book is one of the few books where I felt like mental illness was shown from the perspective of the person experiencing the mental illness in a very accurate way. Holden's superiority complex is precisely how it is to have one in real life, you feel justified to point out everything you find wrong in people while excusing your even worse faults. You act rashly because everything seems to lack value and time zooms by or stretches on forever in your mind. Unlike most books, there's not a final destination or moment in someone's life that completes the book. The book is a snippet of the plain but complex days in someone's life. There is no happy or sad ending just a pause and let's see what happens. It portrays how life isn't a story with a perfect beginning to end and how you never know what's next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual content, Vomit, Lesbophobia, and Abandonment

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racism, Excrement, Vomit, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

bellaiu's review against another edition

adventurous funny reflective slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Addiction and Drug use

alisonnicholslol's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

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

1.25

Holden is a whiny bitch. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Grief, and Classism

naomistrom06's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

Spoilers Ahead!!

Firstly, I wanna say that I read this as a teenager - which may affect the way I view this book. Holden is a very unlikeable character who hates everything and there is a repeating theme of: walking around New York, I hate this, memory, walking around, etc. But I was so interested in what Holden thought about everything and how he would reveal more about his life and memories to the reader. Some people feel like the beginning was too slow and unbearable to read. However, of course it is not as good as the ending, but I enjoyed how there wasn’t a point he was reaching or a goal he had in mind. I think that points towards the message of the book as well.

The teacher whom he stays with at the end of the book points of that Holden is headed towards a falling trajectory. Holden has been looking for something to hold onto and he just can’t find it.

I wasn’t until Holden spent time with his younger sister (one of the only people he has high regard for) and saw her playing on the carousel. The entire book the reader sees how depressed he is and how he hates everything. All of a sudden, he feels immense happiness.

I’m going to be completely honest, I cried so much that chapter. Seeing someone depressed thrn their lives around made me so emotional. 

I am not depressed or anything, but I related to Holden’s point of view and gave me hope and motivation for my own future.

 thanks for reading :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

bell5a_xox's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Grief, Abandonment, and Alcohol