Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp

9 reviews

elyseborrack's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Suicide, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Rape

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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

3.5

My heart was in my throat the entire time I was reading. As a teacher, this is one of my worst nightmares. The story itself is realistic but the character jumping made it a little difficult to follow at times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Violence, Car accident, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Rape, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death, Dementia, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Addiction, Grief, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Physical abuse

soobinswcrld's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Lesbophobia, Mass/school shootings, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, and Domestic abuse

abbeyelizo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Chronic illness, Mass/school shootings, Gore, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Grief, and Addiction

Minor: Child abuse, Homophobia, Sexual violence, and Domestic abuse

anonymous_traveller's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Murder, Suicide, Violence, Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Lesbophobia, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Vomit

rayannreads's review

dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Outing, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

Minor: Car accident, Chronic illness, Cursing, Outing, and Islamophobia

ging090803's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I literally ate this book up. I started it and couldn't put it down. It was a page-turner. I just wanted to be sure anyone would have died in the next chapter... And then, I would read it completely... Then, to make sure I won't be sad at the next chapter, I would read the first lines... Oops, the chapter is finished... Vicious circle.
It was really interesting to see the story from different point of view. However, sometimes, I would find it long, and the characters had questionable way of thinking? I mean, sometimes, what they were thinking wasn't really matching with their situation, here, a school shooting.
Also, the character development was good, but not extraordinary. Some practically did not change even if they were in a school shooting... I mean, it is pretty traumatizing 

Spoiler

especially since they are all intimately related to the shooter

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Physical abuse, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Homophobia

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Rape

Minor: Car accident, Alcoholism, and Addiction

emilyellen07's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Addiction, and Violence

Moderate: Lesbophobia and Alcoholism

Minor: Car accident

lay777's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, Abandonment, Bullying, Child abuse, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Murder, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Grief, and Gore