Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

If This Gets Out by Cale Dietrich, Sophie Gonzales

174 reviews

brerreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring fast-paced

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

4.5

This book had me in love from the first page. The characters are so complex and human. The relationships are so genuine. And the struggles are gut wrenching but also so real. This book spoke to the younger me who was one of those boy band fanatics. I became a fan and found a deep love for the members of this band without having heard a single thing, that’s how well this book captures every bit. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction and Drug use

Minor: Alcohol

monster_13's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol

Minor: Biphobia and Homophobia

ezplonk's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

3.75

Very fun, tugs on your heartstrings. It gets a little bit ridiculous towards the end, but it’s cute so I guess they’re excused. It was hard to keep track of whose POV we were in, though—neither character was very distinct.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Outing, and Gaslighting

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol

katelovesromance's review against another edition

3.0

I was really bummed about not loving this one. I loved one of her other ones so much that I may have just had my hopes up too much. I love boybands and then you have two of them dating. I was like sign me up as soon as I saw it. 

The book wasn't bad, I just didn't love it as much as I was hoping too. I think I just had a hard time connecting and caring about the characters. I will continue to read other work that Sophie Gonzales puts out though. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol

bmceleney's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Car accident

Moderate: Homophobia

rhiannon_burden's review against another edition

funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

I found this book hard to get into and also in some areas lacking in research overall it was good but I thought it felt unfinished at the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Car accident, and Alcohol

Moderate: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Outing

Minor: Body shaming, Vomit, and Kidnapping

bg_oseman_fan's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.5

There were lots of things i loved about this book. i liked the focus on mental health, identity, and the role of celebrity and paradoxical relationships. i liked that both leads had problems to overcome individually and together. the supporting characters were also handled well. sometimes the narrative could delve into too black and white, but still had enough contemplation to keep me engaged. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Homophobia

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, and Alcohol

Minor: Racism, Sexual content, and Suicide attempt

its_vendetta's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

SECOND BEST BOOK IVE READ THIS YEAR. Wow. And I doubt that it will ever get moved down!! 

The story was AMAZING. So compelling. I cried twice. I loved the writing so much!! I think the romance was also done exceptionally well!! The buildup was perfect and both Ruben and Zach were both such well written characters and their individual faults were so realistic! 
Another round of applause for the side characters!! Usually I struggle to remember the side characters in books, especially if there are many but not these characters!! Even the ones that I despised were memorable and they all contributed to the plot in meaningful ways. 
Overall 10/10!! Can’t think of any major issues I had with it. Only request would be to

expand on Angel and Jon some more!! I loved them I needed to see even more. I want to find out how Angel deals with staying sober and how Jon ends up dealing with his dad and everything!!

 
Honestly can see this book having a sequel and while I don’t believe that will happen, it’s pretty unrealistic, I CAN STILL DREAM!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Homophobia

Moderate: Biphobia and Alcohol

Minor: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

caitlin_123a's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad fast-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Blood, Vomit, Car accident, and Alcohol

jbt1234's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring 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? It's complicated

3.75

I loved this story. For the most part the characters are fantastic and the plot was super engaging. I was pretty hooked. It's a great exploration of the exploitation of music artists and the effects of the industry on people.

The only places it fell short for me were sometimes it felt a little too 'on the nose'. While overall the story and characters were great, some clearly didn't have the same depth as others, and sometimes the writing styles owed themselves to over explaining.

Overall, however, ive immensely enjoyed this book. I think I'm just being critical 😬

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia, and Sexual content