Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Bad Cree by Jessica Johns

47 reviews

keytarchris's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Blood, Alcohol

spatulafish's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Gore

Minor: Addiction, Sexism, Vomit

jellbelle's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

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A tense read with twists. The way it's written I felt I was standing there with Mack and her sister, cousin and all the aunties. Few passages gave me actual shivers, gasps and shock. Felt so many connections to the characters, esp Mack. Saw a lot of my family in hers. 

The bit about her Kokum reminded me of a dream I had once where my grandma kept telling me I had to leave and I tried to bring her with me but she said no YOU need to leave. I was having my first low blood sugar since being diagnosed as a type 1 diabetic and it was severe low...a sugar of 1.2 and my grandma had passed 4 years prior. Hair on my arm just stood up reading that part. 

Like Mr Hector said "it's like a hand comes out and touches yours" when you read something you thought unique to you and here it written down by someone you've never met and don't know.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Death, Grief

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Genocide, Forced institutionalization

Additional Triggers: sibling death

sangsmiles's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Racism, Sexism, Blood, Colonisation

draven_deathcrush's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful 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

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I loved this so much. I related so much to the main character, being a native person who used to be around their family all the time, and now only sees them a few times a year. Whenever Mackenzie would talk about her childhood, I just felt so nostalgic. I also love books about grief, because I've experienced a lot of grief. The ending made me cry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood

Minor: Addiction

violetbooklover's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Grief, Colonisation

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cancer, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Chronic illness, Cursing, Genocide, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Cultural appropriation, Classism

zombiezami's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Racism, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug use, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Classism

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

winonareads's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book was creepy and left me wondering what would happen next without being super scary. If you're looking to read indigenous horror, I highly recommend this book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Gore, Grief

iloponis's review against another edition

5.0

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beautiful, rich, visceral, captivating

i was so sucked in to the details of mackenzie's family, her aunties and mother, and all of the relationships between them. truly a beautiful portrait of grief and of family

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Gore, Blood, Grief

beccaburchett's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark mysterious reflective 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Blood, Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Racism, Terminal illness, Vomit, Cannibalism, Car accident, Alcohol