Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

The Iron Flower by Laurie Forest

6 reviews

petra333's review

dark sad tense

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Deportation

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Minor: Vomit and Alcohol

kassidyreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia, Sexism, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

macliffe's review

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

3.75

Loved the way the romance developed in this book compared to the last one. Felt like this book was overall less strong than book 1, but still really enjoyed it. The revelations at the end were so cool!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, Violence, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual content, and Torture

Minor: Grief

melchncookies's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

This is a really great series. I only wish the phrase “Oh Holy One” wasn’t in every other paragraph. That’s my only thumbs down in the series so far. I question whether the almost sex scenes are actually YA appropriate, but I’m not a parent. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Colonisation, Classism, and Deportation

Moderate: Addiction and Confinement

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, and War

mypatronusisajedi's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

rini's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child abuse, Torture, Blood, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Homophobia, Rape, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Murder