Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

The Displacements by Bruce Holsinger

8 reviews

rebeckle4's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, and Xenophobia

Minor: Racial slurs and Sexual content

kellymcg1's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, and Death of parent

heatherd's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

4.25

Well, this novel is terrifying. As a Floridian, I am painfully aware of the toll that climate change is taking on our state, and especially our coastlines. I live in a place with a genuine hurricane season every year, and with the annual fear that this year we could get "the big one". Also, this novel features the world's first ever Category 6 hurricane and while reading the book, I read an article about how the US government is considering adding a 6th category to hurricane classifications. Lovely. 

Besides the hitting too close to home of it all (literally), Displacements is a really strong novel. The characters are complex enough and I loved how they showed genuine and believable growth throughout the novel. There is the perfect mix of plot and characters while not sacrificing one for the other at any point. If I had any criticism of the book, it felt like Holsinger tried to do a little too much with it. Natural disasters, political stuff, guns, drugs, marital infidelity, it really was a lot. While the novel was long enough to support all of this stuff, a slightly narrower focus would have improved the book even more, in my opinion. But still, I could not put this book down and raced through it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Abandonment

travisppe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

2.5

Enjoyable but not remarkable 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Grief, Death of parent, and Deportation

thespinystacks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use

Moderate: Violence

singlespeedahead's review against another edition

challenging reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Deportation

mondovertigo's review against another edition

dark emotional 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: Addiction, Drug abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Grief, and Classism

Moderate: Gun violence, Suicide, Excrement, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Deportation

lcg527's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Gun violence