Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

221 reviews

biscuitgale's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

Wow, what an unexpected journey in navigating grief and finding unexpected care from unexpected places! The characters are well developed and have very realistic pain and motivations. I did guess the twist in the story somewhat earlier on, but the story also reveals it to us pretty quickly. Despite the there being tension, this book wasn’t stressful to read. I do have issues with how adamant the book is on blood relationships over found family, but I did enjoy the story overall.

By far my favorite character is Marcellus the Octopus. My least favorite is Cameron; although we do see growth he blames everyone and everything else instead of looking at his own actions.

The way he behaves can’t entirely be chalked up to not having parental figures, at some point he needs to take accountability for his actions but never does. Quite frustrating!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Abandonment, and Child death

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Cancer, and Suicide

Minor: Drug abuse and Addiction

jacquinotjackie's review

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Addiction

leighkelly's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death of parent, Grief, Drug use, Death, Child death, Drug abuse, and Abandonment

nicolelovesbooks's review against another edition

4.75

It took me a bit to get into this but once I did, I fell in love with the characters and ended up loving the book. Such a wonderful story of unconnected threads connecting and getting all tied up. Marcellus’ POV was a delight and I loved seeing the other characters’ growth and development over the course of the book. Audio was the way to go for me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief and Death

Minor: Addiction

sdvora's review

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Suicide attempt and Addiction

teetasse's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, and Grief

elizlizabeth's review against another edition

emotional hopeful fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Lovely read. The audiobook is narrated beautifully, I would highly recommend it. My only complaint is that the author doesn't seem to have written anything else since and I've badly fallen in love for her writing. Alas...

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Abandonment, and Grief

marippe's review

3.75

“Humans. For the most part, you are dull and blundering. But occasionally, you can be remarkably bright creatures.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Child death, and Grief

sangsmiles's review

emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction and Abandonment

risemini's review

emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, and Death