Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

How to Fake it in Hollywood by Ava Wilder

184 reviews

m43m43's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective

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

5.0

I enjoyed this book so much. The writing was great, the story was great, the characters were great. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Addiction

kaydeedickins's review

dark emotional hopeful lighthearted sad medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Mental illness, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Death, and Physical abuse

Minor: Child abuse, Drug use, Violence, and Drug abuse

the10thingsiloveaboutbooks's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.0

This book was not at all what I was expecting. The alcoholism hit pretty hard for me and overall just made this book not enjoyable, 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Drug use

marveloesje's review against another edition

emotional sad tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Alcohol, Grief, and Alcoholism

Minor: Stalking and Car accident

amyrandles1's review against another edition

medium-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Grief

kerrythefire's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

3.5

I picked this up because I love a good fake dating story. But I didn't expect this to be quite as heavy as it turned out to be, so I think that threw me a little bit. I was expecting a romantic comedy and this was more of a comedic drama. The characters' trauma

and addiction and substance abuse and mental health issues

and the toxicity of Hollywood was believable and heartbreaking, it was just a lot. Especially the one major conflict scene at the end in the car after the interview. Oof. 

The plot and pace was pretty good. And it was nice to see Grey being soft and giving to Ethan, but standing her ground and holding her boundaries too. 

I may have rated this higher if I went in intentionally expecting a drama, but... I wasn't.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

chloelj27's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

Moderate: Grief and Sexual content

Minor: Drug use, Infidelity, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, and Death of parent

jasm1n3_03's review against another edition

lighthearted slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism

dkgreads's review

emotional 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

4.0

Why do I keep picking books that I think will be light, fluffy, and fun, only to be blindsided by plots that feed my heart through an emotional wood chipper? Don’t get me wrong, part of this were delightful, but it was way more emotional than I expected it to be. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Grief

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Death, Car accident, and Infidelity

leelaamanda's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Child abuse