Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Last Exit to Brooklyn by Gilbert Sorrentino, Hubert Selby Jr.

3 reviews

len_schaller's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

incredibly bleak
fragmented storyline
surprisingly sympathetic depiction of trans people

Spoiler

uses the queer person as secret pedophile trope

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Sexism, Violence, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Addiction, Rape, and Transphobia

Minor: Pedophilia

amkclaes's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

this is as raw and real as it gets... just harrowing, but not gratuitous, it's like the squishy bloody soft and pearlescent underbelly of human existence
Harry chapter brutal as all hell

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Classism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Ableism, Alcohol, Vomit, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Body horror

cautionarytale_'s review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Gaslighting, and Grief