Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

125 reviews

pabi's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective 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

4.0

Gotta love when a poet writes a novel. Too good!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer and Physical abuse

emk5's review against another edition

emotional hopeful

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

Oh woof yeah this lived up to the good reviews!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

Moderate: War

Minor: Homophobia and Blood

minkler's review against another edition

mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Homophobia, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Islamophobia, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and War

mbgibson825's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

katarinabee's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, and War

emilyem206's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Drug use, and Death of parent

joce_lyn's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Alcohol, and War

Moderate: Racism, Islamophobia, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Mental illness and Medical content

terilinnea's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

Easily fav read in a long long time. Takes everything else I’ve read the past couple years down a notch

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Racism, and War

Moderate: Terminal illness

greenleafclarke's review against another edition

dark funny reflective slow-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Drug use

Moderate: Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War

Minor: Racism

ka_cam's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.75

Beautifully written, moving, frustrating, and chaotic - I enjoyed the dream sequences and getting into Cyrus’ head. You could tell the author is a poet with the artful use of language. The ending for me was a bit abrupt, but I couldn’t put it down. An excellent novel exploring death and relationships for our violent, meaningful and meaningless time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Islamophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, and War

TW airplane crash/shot down