Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Honor by Thrity Umrigar

5 reviews

sweetiekeke's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexism, Alcoholism, Blood, Islamophobia, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Bullying, Abandonment, Physical abuse, and Murder

samburkhouse's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Sexism, Blood, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Grief, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Classism, Domestic abuse, Racism, Torture, and Sexual assault

Minor: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Vomit, and Animal death

butle2em's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual assault, Addiction, Body horror, Death, Hate crime, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, and Sexism

Moderate: Ableism and Classism

jaelynna's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense 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’m almost speechless after this book. Thrity Umrigar beautifully captured the story of Meena and those who fought to help and bring her justice. To restore honor to her life. This is 100% in my top 5 books of all time — the emotions it brought are hard to shake. 

I naively believed this book to take on the “privileged savior” approached and was gut wrenched at the reality of this story - Meena was doomed from the start all because she loved.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Islamophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Hate crime, Death of parent, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Sexism, Bullying, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, and Islamophobia

ukponge's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, Misogyny, Death, Addiction, and Blood

Minor: Death of parent