Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Auē by Becky Manawatu

19 reviews

rcdep's review

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

judeeton's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I rate a lot of books highly but I think this may be the best book I ever read. Very sad but hopeful. So nuanced. A tale of generational trauma and forgiveness. I think I need to read it again to really absorb all of it. I couldn’t put it down at the end. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Racism, Suicide, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Drug use, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Blood, Car accident, and Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism, Miscarriage, and Vomit

Definitely a heavy book topic wise but well worth the read

liv_eleanor's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

5.0

One of my all time favourite books. Auē is raw, tense, heartbreaking and also beautiful and hopeful. It weaves together themes of trauma and togetherness, heartbreak and love, family and identity with poetic prose and such a gorgeous grounding in the geography and culture of New Zealand. I have read it twice now and loved it more each time.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

chelseyg's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Car accident

sroberts2's review

dark emotional sad slow-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

3.75

Brutal, sad, the story of how life can make decisions for you

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

tadah's review

dark emotional reflective 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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Miscarriage, Vomit, and Pregnancy

rundevilrun's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Truly a must-read; it hooks you by the heart and bashes you against a rock like an eel. I will carry Ārama, Taukiri and Jade in my heart forever. 

---

Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, and Suicide

hawktheslayer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

Auē broke my heart into a million pieces, but stitched it back up on the final page. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

meghar's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Vomit, Car accident, and Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage

heidinay's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This book is heart-wrenching and emotionally devastating. You will cry. But it's powerful and beautiful and maybe read it anyway if you have the spoons for that... but you should definitely know what you're getting into.  

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, and Sexual assault

Minor: Racism and Suicide attempt