Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Find Layla by Meg Elison

3 reviews

zombiezami's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Outing, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, and Stalking

delinxw's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

Loved it! I recently read “wishing for someday soon” by Tiffany King and that was a very similar story. But that book was a 5 star read for me. This one is not, (which might be because I just read that other book) because the ending felt really rushed to me. I also feel like even though we know certain things about how the mom acts, I wanted the character to be more fleshed out. 
I read this book in a day and had trouble putting it down. Stories like these are right up my alley, but I don’t think they’re for everyone as it can be quite emotional. It’s a good read and important, because people DO live like this and these stories DO happen. I loved the school aspect of this story more than Tiffany Kings’ book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit

kimveach's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

An amazing story made more powerful by the excellent narration.  Definitely try to listen to it instead of reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail