Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Nightshift by Kiare Ladner

6 reviews

ameliaflint's review

dark emotional 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

4.75

SO GOOD!!! I loved every second of this. It felt like a drug-fueled lucid dream, which I think was the point. It reckoned with obsession, women, sexuality, drugs and so many more things that a lot of books shy away from, especially all at once. I applaud the author. The only thing is that this book was missing a feeling of authenticity. I didn’t feel that these characters were real, that they were doing molly across the sea right at this moment. They felt to me like TV characters, not real people. Whether intentional or not, it felt like an editorial look at the topics rather than a snapshot of real life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism

stobo1kenobo's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

Why the fuck did she get played twice lmaooooo

This book didn’t really click with me. I think the obsessive notion on the back of the book wasn’t really the driving force of the plot. The main character’s flaws and mistakes were more of a highlight in my opinion, which often left me irritated.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Addiction, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcoholism

coversofceilidh's review

dark emotional reflective tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism

venetiana's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I really wanted to like this book – it started out very interesting – but I really don't. Latent racism, unnecessary violence, sphinx without a secret. I'm sad at how angry this book made me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Drug use, Racism, Misogyny, Stalking, Alcohol, Rape, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Car accident, Death, Murder, Mental illness, Suicide, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Blood, Alcoholism, Medical content, Sexism, and Xenophobia

_kairhone_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

2.75

Meh. Does ponder the age old question of "do I wanna be with her or BE her?" which I enjoy; but mostly Meggie's psychosexual obsession and Sebine's European coolness gets boring.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Stalking

kh32's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, and Toxic friendship