Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

8 reviews

hashputin's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexism, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Addiction, Terminal illness, Murder, and War

bookreadingelf's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Suicide

Moderate: Racism

kerrence30's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

Like any whodunnit the cast is varied as to give a wide scope of possibility. Don’t be fooled into thinking this means the disparities in the cast are accepted by eachother. Enough twists and turns to make you second guess the ending, and enough depth to the main characters to interest. Be warned due to the time this was written there is some horrible casual racism and sexism.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Drug use, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Dementia, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, and Colonisation

Minor: Pregnancy

ginameix's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: War

Instances of sexism, classism, and racism are of the time for Victorian England and at times the book is even less racist and sexist than its contemporaries.

echosong's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, and Colonisation

Minor: Death and Suicide

paristexas's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Addiction, Sexism, and Suicide

silver_valkyrie_reads's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

 I was pleasantly surprised by this book. I always remember The Woman in White as being a bit dry and tedious (perhaps it suffered in comparison to the far more dramatic musical) and was torn between my desire to read the 'first true detective novel in the English language' and my hesitation to read anything else by Wilkie Collins. 

I'm glad I finally just went for it, but it was quite entertaining, in much the same way an Agatha Christie or Sherlock Holmes would be. (It was also a bit more wordy and drawn out than either of those, and perhaps even a tinge more melodramatic, but as I don't mind the Victorian style, that didn't harm my enjoyment of the story.)

I am actually also glad I didn't read this at a much younger age though, because some of the narration is, not quite what I would call 'unreliable' but definitely 'biased', and a lot of the nuances of social interactions in that context would have gone over my head a decade ago. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Addiction and Colonisation

jowmy4's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, and Medical content

Minor: Addiction, Body shaming, Cursing, Drug abuse, Racial slurs, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Stalking