Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald

8 reviews

michireading's review against another edition

Didn't realize the book was going to be a small town romance, bleh

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Alcohol

wildsalmons_reading's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism and Death

ruthhelizabeth's review against another edition

hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

This book was a real mixed bag for me. I loved:
-the range of working class stories
-the bisexual representation
I didn't like:
-The lack of awareness of indigenous people
-the main love interest at all

Overall I'm glad I read it but I wouldn't again, and I feel it could have been greatly improved and I would have loved it because the premise was really interesting and I loved both of our main heroines. It would make a very good TV series adaptation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Biphobia, and Sexism

Moderate: Death, Racism, Xenophobia, and Grief

Minor: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, and Deportation

heather_freshparchment's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racism, Terminal illness, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Deportation

shelbyl's review

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

4.0

Really good.  A book for book lovers.  A few too many unanswered questions and plot points to make this a Five Star book for me.  A little too much internal dialogue without external conversations for my liking.  Generally a nice story about a small dying town in Middle America that gets a boost of revitalization from a Swedish tourist.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism

gracenote07's review against another edition

funny lighthearted relaxing 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Deportation

bookswstella's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted slow-paced

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

1.25

Maybe I had too high expectations? 

It was just messy and had to many POV’s. There wasn’t a clear picture of what it was about. Im kinda disapointed tbh…

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Grief, and Alcohol

astropova's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol