Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

A Dreadful Splendor by B.R. Myers

3 reviews

lemonsaurus's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Police brutality, and Fire/Fire injury

lilacs_book_bower's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

Even though I correctly guessed every revelation to this mystery, I still really enjoyed it!  The characterization was nice, the story moved along at a good clip, our heroine was smart and independent, but it didn't feel cliche.  I think people probably could have figured out the mystery for themselves a bit sooner.  Spoiler about the villainous plan:

Did they really think no one would recognize her when they came back?  I don't think they thought things through very well./

. Also, I have some quibbles about the way the author wrote inheritance and entailment issues.  There were a couple times where I thought, "I don't think that is right?"  They took me out of the story momentarily, but I was able to move past them to enjoy the story.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Gore, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

wrensreadingroom's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail