Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza by Shaun David Hutchinson

6 reviews

andloveistoolong's review against another edition

challenging funny hopeful tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Islamophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Blood, and Bullying

Minor: Drug abuse, Addiction, Dementia, Ableism, Cancer, Classism, Gore, Medical content, Domestic abuse, Abortion, and Terminal illness

treeworms's review

adventurous hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Classism, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Sexual harassment, and Death of parent

Moderate: Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Islamophobia, and Deadnaming

jenna_justi2004's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Addiction, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Alcohol, Kidnapping, and Blood

nosmallthing's review

adventurous mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Deadnaming

starlessnights's review

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Homophobia, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

raspberryroyal's review

reflective slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Addiction, Deadnaming, Drug use, and Domestic abuse

Came for a book with good interracial wlw rep, ended up with a very contemplative novel about free will and consent. The story eventually picks up to a satisfying conclusion, but it takes 300/370 pages to get there. I'm told that some of this author's other books are better (specifically We Are The Ants) but this one was such a slog to get through that I'm still considering throwing him on my personal author blacklist.