Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Five Total Strangers by Natalie D. Richards

59 reviews

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

fast-paced

3.5

Pretty fast paced and was pretty good. The characters were not my favorites but overall the story was good. Kept me guessing on who the big bad was.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Blood, Grief, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

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

aaliyahwalker's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Car accident

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Mental illness, and Stalking

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

diegolopez's review against another edition

challenging slow-paced

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

1.0

An interesting concept that's not executed well. At times boring with repetitive chapters!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Stalking, and Car accident

Moderate: Drug use, Misogyny, and Blood

Minor: Cancer

slowreader9999's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

As a fan of stories involving strangers forced to work together, I was completely hooked reading this! There is never a dull moment while reading. I see that many others figured out the plot twist before it happened, but I personally didn't see it coming. It's not a perfect book but I had a great time reading it!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use

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

moabgirlie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

I think I would have liked it more with a different narrator, but it wasn’t enough for me to stop listening. The story was good, had me guessing the entire time. Finished the audio in about 3 days 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use and Stalking

Minor: Death, Violence, and Car accident