Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Mr. Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo

22 reviews

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Grief, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Alcohol, and Infidelity

Moderate: Child abuse, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Violence, Alcoholism, Child death, Racism, Classism, Hate crime, Suicide, Xenophobia, Addiction, Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Fatphobia, Transphobia, Vomit, Dementia, Ableism, Excrement, Gun violence, and War

laedyred's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted 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? Yes

2.5

Mixed feelings. The writing itself is brilliant, Evatisto has a talent for comedy. However, our main character hates women and it shows. It was frustrating to read and hard to like him with such outdated, nasty views of the women in his life. The last hundred pages saved the book for me. At least at that point Barry

starts to understand he's in the wrong and Carmel gets her life back

. My rating is mostly for the quality of writing, not for the main character who I think we're supposed to like. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Infidelity

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Transphobia

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Racism, Religious bigotry, Classism, Homophobia, and Infidelity

emmiej's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Alcoholism, and Domestic abuse

moniipeters's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Grief, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Cursing, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Homophobia, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

shoshthemost's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Homophobia, Misogyny, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Death of parent, and Incest

laurataylor's review against another edition

funny 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Death

novella42's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Ableism, Domestic abuse, Transphobia, Alcohol, Child abuse, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, and Classism

Minor: Dementia

samixox's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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

4.75

As a Black queer girl who is struggling with the idea of ever coming out to my homophobic family this book was what I needed. It is the story of an Antiguan gay man learning to accept his own sexuality while constantly being surrounded by (sometime  also internalised) homophobia while he learns to see the good in people. He's no saint and doesn't pretend to be. Reading it made me feel like I was in London. This is his story of still daring to be brave while being only human.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Homophobia, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Racism, Suicide attempt, Body shaming, and Suicide

Minor: Fatphobia, Terminal illness, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Classism, Mental illness, Stalking, and Cultural appropriation

paperknotbooks's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Alcoholism

Adultery