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A review by ms_read
Opium and Absinthe by Lydia Kang
adventurous
dark
informative
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Kang writes characters so beautifully. Her murderer reveal had me shocked, not because it was implausible, but because it was so logical that I can’t believe that I didn’t see it! Her scientific and historical knowledge is evident in her writing. All of it is so very real while bordering almost on magical, which is the very nature of science!
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Stalking, Murder, and Classism
Minor: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol