Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

The Rearranged Life of Oona Lockhart by Margarita Montimore

22 reviews

lupitaestela's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Transphobia, Violence, and Grief

shelbybowers20's review against another edition

funny lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction and Alcoholism

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

4.75

Truly enthralling concept and execution. I feel like it's a really good exploration of what it means to be kind to yourself in all iterations, past, present, and future. Knocking off a quarter star because the author does the thing where she only describes a character's race if they are nonwhite, which is annoying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Vomit, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Car accident, and War

corriejn's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Violence, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Grief, and Abandonment

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Homophobia, and Car accident

imogenthemog's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

3.25

While the book is thoroughly enjoyable, with good character development, twists and turns, and settings that are easy to visualise, there are issues. Some may find the actions and thoughts of the main character, Oona, quite frustrating. Also, some of the pacing is a bit off, too long focussed on one topic and not enough time focussed on another, for example.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Transphobia

theespressoedition's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-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

This is a really challenging read if I'm being perfectly honest. Not because it's confusing or anything like that, but because it makes you think about life differently.

I knew from the moment I began the story that I would at least be fascinated by it if nothing else. The concept is really creative and complex, but not in a way that makes your head hurt, just in a way that gives it depth.

Oona goes through a lot. It was hard to read about the different experiences she had throughout her life and it made me really emotional on several occasions. Her mom was honestly my favorite character. I have so much respect for her!

It's certainly not a "light read" even if it looks like it might be. It's challenging, but you will walk away from it with a new outlook on life, that's for sure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Sexual harassment

kathleenivy's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Drug use, Sexual content, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Death, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Xenophobia, and Death of parent

christy_0909's review against another edition

adventurous 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

There were some parts that were a bit dry, that I skimmed over but overall I loved the story it was so unique and light hearted. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Terminal illness, Car accident, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

sweetsugatam's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual content, Grief, and Death of parent

samvanz12's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Drug abuse and Drug use

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual content, Transphobia, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Cursing, Infidelity, and Car accident