Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner

4 reviews

sassmistress's review

adventurous dark tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture, Alcohol, Confinement, Kidnapping, Death, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Slavery, Suicide, War, Murder, and Sexual harassment

mimeflower's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Emotional abuse, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Misogyny, War, Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

jenjerusha's review

adventurous dark funny sad tense slow-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

Once reduced me to tears at one or two points, but I was a different, un-medicated, pre-COVID, woman then.

Still in my top ten and highly recommended for: nail-biting tension, A+ terrible choices, creepers of all kinds, awkward conversations, and at least one questionable beard. I would cheerfully read another thousand pages if they were on offer.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Confinement, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and War

quasinaut's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

If Megan Whalen Turner can make a lot of walking entertaining in The Thief, she can make me interested in the political intrigue surrounding these nonexistent countries. My only complaint is how much we don't see of Eugenides's recovery, though what is portrayed on the page does a fine job capturing the potency of his grief and trauma (which I totally didn't remember from when I first read this book years ago as a teen).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol, Grief, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Slavery