Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Wierzyliśmy jak nikt by Rebecca Makkai

13 reviews

tomellibee's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Genocide, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Hate crime, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Vomit, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

awildeasriel's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, and Toxic friendship

thatsssorachael's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Terminal illness, and Medical content

Moderate: Mass/school shootings

Minor: Alcoholism

sestout's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Violence, Police brutality, War, and Injury/Injury detail

addie's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Drug use and Infidelity

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Racism, and Pregnancy

fynn_jls's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Terminal illness, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Suicide

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad slow-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

i thought this was just phenomenal. both storylines interested me and i felt so so much for the characters. this broke my heart but also put it together. this was devastating but beautiful.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Classism

samarakroeger's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.5

it took me a minute to become ensconced in the story and then I couldn't put it down.  I stayed up until 2 AM crocheting and listening to this audiobook get sadder and sadder and before I knew it, the book was over.  this is one I need to sit with for a bit, but color me impressed.

if you liked Still Life by Sarah Winman, you'll love this.  very similar books in many ways (with different settings and plots, obviously).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

cady_sass's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I am absolutely floored that there aren’t more people (at least in my universe) talking about this book. I am in AWE. What a stunningly heartbreaking story. I loved every part of this, even the parts that brought tears to my eyes. It will weigh on your heart, on your soul, and live in your mind. When I wasn’t reading all i wanted to do was pick it back up. Even though it’s an inherently sad story, and you know that no matter what it’s going to be sad at the end, you still kind of hope for the happy ending you know you won’t get. There are what feels like a million characters and somehow I cared about all of them, even the ones I hated. Everyone in world should read this and I hope it gets the attention it deserves.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

sheshallbenamed's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Police brutality, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Moderate: War