Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Paul Takes The Form Of A Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor

6 reviews

loganmedrano's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, and Gun violence

Minor: Homophobia

sarah984's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

3.0

This was an interesting portrait of a tumultuous time, but the pov character (and most of the other characters honestly) was almost unbearable to read about, and the ending felt like it kind of petered out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Vomit, and Grief

Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Medical content, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

packedjam's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious slow-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

3.5

i think this book was very good at what it set out to do. unfortunately for me, what it set out to do drove me up the wall

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug use, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Vomit, Grief, and Lesbophobia

laurataylor's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Drug use, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

levtitticus's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-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: Drug use, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Moderate: Homophobia, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Outing, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

iheartm4m's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.25

This book has a lot of potential but Lawlor takes gender identity and sexuality to a literal and physical form that feels necessary for some of the plot but not all. the book pointed to understanding the world through different lenses (girl, woman, man, beta, alpha, lesbian, bisexual) and how a person that has flowed through the gender/sexuality spectrum can and will expirience these situations portrayed in the book throughout their younger years. 
This can be eye opening for those who are are cis/het/certain in their sexuality/gender, but for those who have always fell through the cracks when it comes to identity, this book is a bit obvious. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Stalking, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Biphobia, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Deadnaming, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Gaslighting, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Blood, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment