Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

The Confessions of Frannie Langton by

26 reviews

whoisrois's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

3.25

Got better as it went but it’s a lot of book to get through for the best material to be in the last quarter.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

chaos_na_regale's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Colonisation

mittensmcgee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Colonisation

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Medical trauma, and Murder

rwoodrum29's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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

4.5

Beautiful story. Smattering of similes that draws attention away from the rest of the amazing prose. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, and Classism

hedgehogreads01's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

It took me almost a month to finish, as it feels a bit slow paced. Though it was easy for me to keep up with the characters and plot.
Well written, some quotes worth writing down, the character of Frannie Langton captured my attention every time I picked up the book, her voice loud and clear (even in laudanum stupor, it seemed), demanding the freedoms, the treatment each human being should have.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Violence, Murder, and Colonisation

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Pregnancy

velvet_young's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Blood, Abortion, and Colonisation

Moderate: Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Minor: Incest, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Fire/Fire injury

ranaberry's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Dark tale of the interplay of human relationships in the context of the the cruelest institution  of mankind: slavery . Written passionately by an enslaved, then “employed” Jamaican woman. A very moving and achingly accurate account. I loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Racism, Slavery, Toxic relationship, and Violence

summerfireflies's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Medical trauma, and Colonisation

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Medical content, Grief, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

becca9849's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

mangopassion555's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Incest, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Suicide, and Murder