Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Bluets by Maggie Nelson

5 reviews

alyssapusateri's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Cursing

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Alcohol, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Grief, Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Animal death

mads_jpg's review

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

1.25

It's ironic that Nelson spends so much of this book debating whether putting something in writing robs it of its essence, since I thought I'd love reading about blue but I actually really disliked this book. Maybe it was her frequent insistence on referring to sex as "fucking". Idk maybe this is just my asexuality showing but I find it so annoying when writers talk about their "lovers" *gag*. There were some lines that I did like but overall it just wasn't what I thought this book would be, I guess.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Drug use, Grief, Sexual content, Animal death, Alcohol, and Cursing

grylehtonen's review

reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction

softersoft3st's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Addiction

ameliasbooks's review

5.0

This blew me away.

Reread in 2024: I love this book still.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Drug use, Cursing, Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Suicidal thoughts