Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor

99 reviews

alaris's review against another edition

dark 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

2.0

If this was fantasy, it'd seem like "grimdark" would fit, but this is just bleak drama. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Violence, and Toxic friendship

heartofoak1's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

2.5

Dark themes, violence, rape, drugs. Hard to stomach. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, and Classism

amasica's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.25

I want to rate this so much higher but I got so lost in the last 150-200 pages and could not tell you what happened.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion

lauramazenc's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Pregnancy

jengoertz's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

2.5

Started out interesting, quickly became bloated and boring. I did not enjoy the trudge through the second half of the book. 

Ajay's story was intriguing and tragic. Neda's story could have been interesting, but it was part rehash, part unnecessary filler. By the time I got to Sunny's chapters, I no longer cared about any of it. 

The dialogues were difficult to parse.  Several times, i had to go back through half a page track down who said what, which killed any immersion i had in the story. 

The whole thing was just frustrating and exhausting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Rape, Violence, and Trafficking

ionarachel's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment

lisettemarie's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Abortion

faehistory's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

A decent enough story and very well written but ultimately not terribly unique story if I'm being honest. Especially disappointing was the character of Neda feels particuarly wasted and her narrative feels like it simply stops abruptly with no resolution or message. It's not a bad story by any means it just didn't feel massively new. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Abortion

jeckly's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Drug abuse

Moderate: Violence

arj's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Abortion, Murder, and Classism

Minor: Death of parent