Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Hello Girls by Emily Henry, Brittany Cavallaro

10 reviews

cmshaw15's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny 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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

katharina90's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

Overall enjoyed but didn't love this YA take on Thelma and Louise.

I liked the portrayal of female friendship and how empowering and healing it can be, but this theme could have been explored a lot more in depth. 

The abuse and abandonment experienced by the main characters is pretty harrowing. Definitely not a fluffy feel-good read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Child abuse

Minor: Gun violence, Eating disorder, Drug use, and Pedophilia

cady_sass's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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? No

2.0

This whole book feels like a bad fever dream and I don’t know how else to explain it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Classism, Death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Murder

madisonmcd's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

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

4.5

This was a lot of fun and kept me thoroughly engrossed. Certainly not the same vibes as Henry’s current books, but for a YA it was dark and twisty and gritty. There’s a lot of hope woven into a pretty tragic tale. Would recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, and Physical abuse

megmonk's review

emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Physical abuse, Drug use, and Emotional abuse

riella_reads's review against another edition

Not anything against the book I just am not a fan of most YA books and I thought I would try this one out before getting rid of it. However, I couldn't stand hardly any of the characters from what I did read. The father was atrocious and the brother was just as bad. Both were filled with unnecessary hatred and I just did not care anymore. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug use, and Emotional abuse

kattra_'s review

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

3.5

This book is fun and easy to read — the story moves quickly, and I really enjoyed the use of the girls’ current funds as a reminder of their position throughout the book. The ending was unsatisfactory, but in a way that made sense because the characters weren’t satisfied at the end of the story. Overall it works as a book, and was enjoyable to get through!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Death

Moderate: Drug use and Drug abuse

caffeineandkindlesjayme's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Sexual content, Addiction, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, and Gun violence

Minor: Mental illness and Rape

grayh722's review

adventurous 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Violence

jaec11's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

3.5

Hello Girls

This was the story of two girls with really bad home lives trying to escape and leave it behind them.

This book was bizarre, but it kind of worked? Starting with the negatives: the plot was a little unstructured, the characters were somewhat inconsistent, and the tone and pace of the book seemed to change a lot. However at the same time, it was telling a fascinating story, and you really couldn't help but root for the characters even though the crazy things they were doing.


PG-13 for abuse, murder, drugs, all sorts of random things

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Murder