Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Real Life by Brandon Taylor

3 reviews

mr_cain's review against another edition

4.75

All too real. Rips your heart in two and forces you to confront how you exist in the world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Homophobia, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Minor: Body shaming, Drug use, and Eating disorder

pkc's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Grief

Moderate: Drug use, Vomit, and Death of parent

lexi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

This was very well written, and is also very real (as the title claims), but also very depressing. The ending kind of felt like getting punched.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Addiction, Body shaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Grief