Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

The Narrow by Kate Alice Marshall

12 reviews

caidyn's review against another edition

dark hopeful 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

4.0

Another great read by this author! It was different and I enjoyed it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Physical abuse

Moderate: Homophobia and Lesbophobia

radspeedio's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Violence

czoltak's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

My least favorite 😒
This was more “These Fleeting Shadows” and less “Rules For Vanishing”, “Our Last Echoes”, or “I Am Still Alive”. I can’t tell if the books are progressively getting worse or if I’m just crazy 🤷‍♀️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Blood

pey333's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Homophobia

Minor: Body shaming and Sexual content

vixenreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

A poignant meditation on the difference between love (for yourself and others) versus possession and abuse, this book surprised me in how it created an atmospheric gothic Dark Academia story while also punching in some bittersweet truths that will last long after finishing the book. Also, shoutout to the marvellous representation of the strength of female friendship. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Outing, and Alcohol

Minor: Biphobia, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Sexism, and Vomit

Be aware that there is extended drowning motifs, bittersweet break-ups, abusive relationships, academic struggles, financial struggles, borderline personality disorder, familial abuse, dysfunctional family dynamics, and negligence.

ndelaurence's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

nouveaudragon's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

Absolutely broke my heart. Five stars. Be prepared for lots of introspection about domestic violence. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Drug use, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

slimepuppy's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This book's ending was... a lot. Out of all possible outcomes, I truly didn't expect *that*, even if all the other twists were fairly predictable.

It was a quick, atmospheric read with a great setting and a genuinely creepy monster. Everything about that river is nightmare fuel. The characters were okay? I didn't fall in love with them, but they weren’t annoying either.

Despite liking the book, I'm still not sure about that ending, after the confrontation by the river the book just felt... rushed. None of the characters got endings that satifisfied me, Grace and Maeve specially.

I think I would have preferred Eden and Grace staying together at the bottom of the river, tragic as it would have been.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Death, and Drug use

lindsaythelibrarian's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Body horror, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual harassment

immovabletype's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

i happily read it, despite all of my notes starting with a variation on "but then why--"
i didn't have it all figured out from the beginning like i thought i did but it was still fairly predictable, and i think most readers will figure out the big "reveal." i also didn't really buy into the romance. just felt like it moved too fast to be authentic (even taking into account their being teenagers). however, i did quite like the characters, eden felt like a well defined protagonist, and i was invested in her relationships with her friends. i wasn't really confident of the author's ability to tie all of the emotional threads together but it was actually done well and thoroughly. mostly i was really excited to be able to read a ghost story and still sleep at night. i briefly dnf'd when the ghost shenanigans kicked up a notch, because they always make me have to sleep with the lights on for like a month, but then i realized i am way too exhausted always to have any trouble sleeping, so I picked it back up. turns out there's finally a use for parental exhaustion!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Sexual content, and Medical content