Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor

74 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

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

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

befnie's review against another edition

I was so shocked when I found out this book was written by a woman, the voice made me convinced it was a white man. 

The story is boring, despite the violence. The characters are 2D, despite the extensive backstory. And the book itself required way more editing, the tense switches mid sentence and the prose are weak. 

The only parts of the book that are vivid are the instances of extreme violence, all exclusively visited upon women and children.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug use, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, and Death of parent

caillte's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

Minor: Abortion

kjurewicz's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

1.0

Did not finish. I gave this book my best effort and got to page 400, but I was just not invested enough in the characters or their story to continue. The book was long and tedious, with a lot of extra details that often weren’t necessary. The only character I somewhat cared about was Ajay, but his portion of the story was entirely overshadowed by the subplot with Prem (which was honestly very hard to read). Maybe if I had more background knowledge of Indian culture, I may have found it more interesting, but in the end I just couldn’t get through it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Drug use, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Murder

ppppaula's review

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

I had such high hopes for this one but am so disappointed. Overly long with thoroughly unlikeable characters. I enjoyed the beginning with Ajay’s story but it went downhill from there.  Dark and depressing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Abortion