Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

She Started It by Sian Gilbert

50 reviews

tragicmoose's review against another edition

dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Violence, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Child death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, and Vomit

linasabboula's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Self harm, Suicide, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Infidelity, Vomit, and Grief

Minor: Domestic abuse and Excrement

enzopudge's review

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

kaynisonger's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.75

Did I figure it (mostly) out not even halfway through? yes. Did I still eat this up and enjoy it? absolutely.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Self harm, and Suicide

belle05's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Minor: Drug abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, and Alcohol

jamiee_f's review

adventurous dark funny tense 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

3.75

Four mean girls are invited to their former frenemy's bachelorette party, an all inclusive stay on a private island. They're too self absorbed to say no, and besides, what could go wrong? Spoiler alert:

everything.

With no cell service, no way off the island, and a LOT of secrets and pent up resentment, the five women hash out the past. Interspersed with diary entries by Poppy, who was tortured by our four mean girls in primary/secondary school, we learn just how mean these girls can be. Poppy sends them on pointed scavenger hunts, asks weird questions, and then reveals that she's only invited them here to ruin their lives: she has systematically taken each one of them down. The ladies fight and get drunk, and wake up to no Poppy in her bloody bedroom. No one trusts anyone else, and everyone starts to get suspicious. One by one, these ladies start dying, until there's just one left, at which point, 'Poppy' reveals herself. It turns out she's been murdering these ladies, as revenge for the actual Poppy: her sister who killed herself after years of bullying. A satisfying conclusion to this story about very terrible people.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

kshertz's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.75

Ooh this was good! A bunch of high school friends get invited to the wedding of a girl they used to pick on. They go because it’s a free fancy trip to an island. 

Things go wrong and murderous almost immediately! I kinda had some thoughts about who did it. But I was only half right! 

Worth a read. A good thriller! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

ivirtue's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Self harm, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Biphobia, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Vomit

running_erins_'s review against another edition

mysterious fast-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Murder

beckyremillard's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Domestic abuse and Drug abuse