Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Five Total Strangers by Natalie D. Richards

50 reviews

galaxyveins's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

not great but not bad. the twist was predictable and the characters were unlikable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Stalking, and Car accident

Moderate: Drug abuse and Gaslighting

kcohrs19's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

jamiefilio_19's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Ez read. But good. On the edge of my seat the whole time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Car accident

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

xxfirerainbowxx's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, and Grief

megan_masterson's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.5

I spent most of the book mentally screaming at these characters not to make the decisions they did. The entire storyline felt way over the top and outrageous and lacked the subtlety it needed to make it actually be thrilling/scary. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Stalking, and Car accident

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

Minor: Cancer

annamwallace66's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

shmayjoy's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

This novel reminds me of every awful time I've ever had to sleep under a charging station in an airport. If, like past me and a million other traveling students, you have ever had to face the usual miserable "delayed due to a blizzard" winter break lay overs, you can easily slide into the protagonist's shoes...even if you would never accept the ride she decided on.
Five Perfect Strangers takes an ordinary teen who needs to get home to her mom for the holidays, and the four college students heading the same direction. Richards throws us into the back roads of Pennsylvania to remind us not to trust a person solely by their appearance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol

allisonplus's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This was alright, and I was not sure how the ending would turn out. Major question though -

what happened with MC's parents, and why such a secret?? I thought he did something heinous!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying and Confinement

Minor: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, and Medical content

sianrho's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.25

It was a bit slow to get going with the suspense, and I wasn’t a huge fan of some of the internal monologue (almost too juvenile and repetitive). But overall, the story was interesting and there were many possibilities for the ending.. made for a good plot twist. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking

Minor: Death, Drug abuse, Violence, and Car accident