Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro

79 reviews

annamary54's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing sad tense medium-paced

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

1.75

If this wasn’t a book club book it would’ve been a DNF. The writing made me feel like and English teacher grading papers. Confusing writing/plot line, I still don’t quite understand if Sherlock and Watson are real people or fiction or both?? Or if Sir Arthur Conan Doyle exists in this world??? Narrator Jamie pissed me off from the beginning, just annoying. Not enough Lena content, loved her. Pages like I think 200ish-270ish were entertaining to me, everything else was kinda meh. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Violence, Blood, and Medical content

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Fire/Fire injury

laru_dur's review against another edition

Couldn't get into the story or characters. Serious subject of rape and drugs but said as a side note.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug abuse and Rape

drtx_bwt's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Rape, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Bullying, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Medical content

larkspurlane's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Murder

Moderate: Rape

dreezy's review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Death, Rape, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Eating disorder

asen123's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I read this book in a day, and I’m a very slow reader. I’m a huge Sherlock fan and I’m very nitpicky about recreations and reimaginings but I loved this one so so so much. 

ALSO HOLMES AND WATSON ARE SO ADORABLE TOGETHER IM MELTING IT’S SO CUTE <spoiler/>

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Drug abuse

Moderate: Death and Violence

Minor: Infidelity, Rape, and Sexual assault

littledeerbythecreek's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Rape and Violence

lyndsayscan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Rape, Self harm, and Suicide

karenmsecrest's review against another edition

Quit the Audiobook 2.5 hours in. The narration is first person and Jamie Watson is British… but the male narrator is America with no British accent. I got too distracted by Watson’s narration and never made it to Julia Whelan’s chapters.  

Love the concept, but:

• Not sure this is a YA book? Drug abuse, Oxi injections, references to sexual assault. Maybe it’s YA the same way Veronica Mars is YA?
• At times, the Holmes/Watson references are clunky. 
• The line “Great great great great grandfather” could be a drinking game. Counted at least 8 instances in the first third.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual assault

rach981's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence