Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Paperweight by Meg Haston

6 reviews

cassettetaped's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Car accident, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Death, and Vomit

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Blood, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, and Self harm

theworstofit's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, Abandonment, Mental illness, and Grief

Minor: Addiction

sra_rdmn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Death, Child death, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Grief, Car accident, Body shaming, and Addiction

eli_in_the_house's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Emotional abuse

ging090803's review

emotional reflective sad fast-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

It was a great book. Not the best I've read, but a good one. I had little troubles to love the characters, but I did love the story. The past intertwined with the present... The character development was really present. Following Stevie throughout every step of an ED recovery AND grieving was really interesting. I liked it. During my reading, I could see the message that was transmitted by the characters, etc. It is okay to feel emotions, we just need to find balance.
We are all a little fucked up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Death, Cursing, Car accident, Body shaming, Alcohol, and Addiction

Moderate: Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Fatphobia, and Bullying

Minor: Violence, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Well, since it is about an eating disorder, it is rough. The language, the background, it can be really triggering. So yeah, be careful.

ninaaaaa's review

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, Mental illness, and Addiction