Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

The Club by Ellery Lloyd

24 reviews

klr0's review against another edition

mysterious

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Dementia, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Car accident, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Drug use, and Grief

dev921's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Abortion, Body shaming, Grief, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug use, Murder, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Sexism

savheath's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Classism, Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, Death, Murder, Toxic relationship, Grief, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Car accident, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Infidelity

jstroud's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.75

A slow start but the pace picks up as more is revealed about the characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, and Sexual content

cady_sass's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

A perfectly fine way to spend an evening but the book, in its entirely, is utterly forgettable. There are some interesting storylines in there, but I literally just put the book down and I’d have trouble explaining any of them. Or match the character names to their subplot. SO many characters. SO many rich white people. Meh. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Car accident, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Blood, Dementia, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual assault, Classism, Drug use, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, and Sexual content

mrsjoellebell's review

dark mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Infidelity

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Alcoholism, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Car accident

jmkendall0218's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug abuse, Death, Murder, Dementia, Drug use, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, and Car accident

wrestleacademic's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Pedophilia, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Drug use, Drug abuse, and Pregnancy

archaicrobin's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

This one takes a bit of grace with reality and to get through it you really do need to suspend your disbelief but it was an interesting premise that just seems to fizzle our halfway through. 

Ned Groom is a millionaire that thrives off of hosting the worlds biggest stars at his resorts. Told from multiple perspectives the reader begins to unravel the tragedies that occurred during the weekend of Ned’s newest venture, island home’s launch. 

This thriller has lots of characters and lots of twists, at times too many. I really enjoyed this one at first, it was fast paced with interesting characters, and a fun premise but halfway through the twists started getting gratuitous and the story just got dull. I didn’t really care for any of the characters by the end and everything took way too long to happen. 

I read a lot of thrillers and this wasn’t the worst one I’ve read but it didn’t really do anything for me either to make it stand out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Classism, Violence, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Drug use, Infidelity, Murder, Car accident, Death, Rape, and Toxic relationship

dorsetreader's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Alcohol, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Bullying, Car accident, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Domestic abuse, Violence, and Rape