Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Lakewood by Megan Giddings

5 reviews

tales_told_in_gold's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Drug abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Racism, and Murder

Minor: Cancer and Grief

spineofthesaurus's review against another edition

tense

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Slavery, Terminal illness, Vomit, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Police brutality, Car accident, and Pregnancy

bitterseason's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

liormaleficent's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

horizonous's review

I struggled with the writing quite a bit, for some reason it felt clunky and at times so incoherent that I constantly had to re-read certain sentences or passages to understand who's talking or doing what. On top of that I was very bored by the story.. I read a couple of reviews to see, if it would pick up and based on those reviews I strongly assume this just isn't for me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Drug abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, and Vomit