Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby

31 reviews

sambo_0103's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

cc_shelflove's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.0

This was pretty good. Some parts were anticlimactic but at other times, I felt like I was in Grand Theft Auto racing for my life. It was definitely a crime novel unlike any I’ve read before. Can a criminal ever really change his ways? One thing’s for sure: he will always drive it like he fucking stole it. I think I would have liked this book even better if I were a boy—a lot of the car stuff went over my head. 🤣

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Racism, Car accident, and Abandonment

Minor: Drug use, Death of parent, and Alcohol

narbine's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol

emco_0's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Trafficking, and Death of parent

healingtothemax's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

5.0

Not for the faint of heart

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Blood, Police brutality, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, and Classism

tlaynejones's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Fatphobia, Misogyny, Racism, and Sexism

Minor: Drug use and Vomit

elyssam's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

4.5

Action-packed book about a man trying to make ends meet who can drive a getaway car like no one else and how that lifestyle can thread into several bad scenarios. 

I liked the story even though I was often questioning some of the characters’ motives and their morality. The ending was more ambiguous than I would like, but I understand why. The writing was very impactful, as the word choice went a long way in creating realistic and gruesome imagery.

At first I didn’t know if I’d enjoy this book. How was I supposed to root for people committing crimes? But then I got to know Beauregard, his backstory, and why he made the choices he made. And I also got to the action of the book (which was nearly never-ending). I could not put the book down at that point. An incredible read and a great introduction for me into this genre of fiction. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Violence

Minor: Drug use

aharper's review

dark tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content

wirt's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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

4.0

Lord. What a book. The writing style is very straight forward and heavy on the similes, but it had a nice flow that kept the book going and going. It was a wild one for sure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Medical content, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

amcghig's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense 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: Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Torture, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content and Vomit