Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Boy Parts by Eliza Clark

296 reviews

silkcherubs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Drug abuse

Minor: Racism

solspringsreads's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This book is just American Psycho’s sister, British Photographer. I’m not mad about it, but I don’t think that this is any more disturbing or dark than that. The book doesn’t really “go” anywhere, but that’s kind of the point by the end. It feels wrong to call this book “fun” when it has some genuinely distressing content and themes, but frankly, I don’t know if I totally consider this to be a horror novel—if anything, it’s a character study of an incredibly unreliable narrator who’s (possibly? probably?) done some really dark things and had equally horrible things happen to her, and while the stuff is horrific, I personally never felt like my pulse was “racing” in the way one might associate with a psychological thriller. Even so, I mostly enjoyed this book, though it really significantly picks up in the second half.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Fatphobia, Violence, Blood, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Toxic friendship, Eating disorder, Classism, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Addiction, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Vomit, Self harm, Drug abuse, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Drug use, and Death

charlottelatham's review against another edition

dark 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Murder, Drug use, and Drug abuse

daisyjayneking's review against another edition

challenging dark funny fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Violence, Torture, and Sexual violence

kellymckn's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Body horror, Eating disorder, Gore, Drug abuse, and Mental illness

catsandbeets's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Drug use, Alcohol, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Murder, and Violence

angela_iseli's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Drug use, Dysphoria, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Vomit, Eating disorder, Murder, and Sexual assault

liv_txt's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Self harm, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Violence, Vomit, Animal death, Mental illness, Murder, Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Sexual violence

lauramur's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Drug use, Sexual assault, Rape, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Blood, Eating disorder, and Adult/minor relationship

em815ily's review against another edition

dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Cursing, Vomit, Addiction, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Gore, Rape, Blood, Sexual assault, Body horror, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Alcohol, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship