Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Chaos Theory by Nic Stone

24 reviews

jaz_gets_literary's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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: Alcoholism, Child death, Mental illness, Self harm, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity and Vomit

Minor: Bullying, Miscarriage, Suicide, and Pregnancy

jupitersuns's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

Amazing book! It talks about mental health that a lot of people should take time to understand. I could have read it in one sitting if I had had the chance but I work a lot so I couldn't :( 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Self harm, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Miscarriage, Car accident, Abortion, and Toxic friendship

khaylam's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Self harm, and Alcohol

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Miscarriage, Abortion, and Pregnancy

jennneely82's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-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

4.25

Another good one written by Nic Stone. In this book she tackles mental illness and alcoholism and how it affects a relationship between two recent high school graduates.  Open your heart and mind to people struggling with illnesses and diseases you may not understand. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Self harm, and Alcohol

Moderate: Infidelity, Grief, and Abortion

Minor: Car accident and Pregnancy

mamaofperfectpayton's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

lauding_42's review

emotional hopeful 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Self harm, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child death, Grief, and Abortion

Minor: Miscarriage, Suicide, and Car accident

mayy_y's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I love books that are entertaining and equally educational. 

This book really touches on the topic of mental illness (even though the author hates describing it that way) and how it is for the people that experience it, and how it might affect their relationships with others. 

Right from the author’s note at thr beginning, I knew I would like this book. 
I’m also a fan of text messages in books, and this had a lot of it🤌🏼

So yes, you should def read this book. Be careful of the content warnings tho. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Minor: Miscarriage

purplepenning's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

Super fast read and one of the best portrayals of young love and mental health struggles I've seen in YA. I love how smart and talented these main characters are and how even the secondary characters get nuanced, realistic portrayals.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Mental illness

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Vomit, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

laheath's review

emotional hopeful 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

4.25

Excellent dual POV representation of mental illness (like the author, I hate that term too), as 2 teens also deal with all the normal pressures of school, family, and romance. Their individual stories are actually more complicated than average, including a parent running for political office, death of a sibling, changing schools 3 times in as many years plus a cross-country move, and having a parent famous for writing steamy urban romance novels. One of them already knows how to protect herself and isn't ready to let anyone else in and the other needs someone to show him he's worthy of being loved before he goes too far in hurting himself or someone else. Great characters in their support systems too, although one had too many issues of her own to be helpful.

I was so glad to hear the author's note included in the audiobook. Heads up, for those who usually skip this, the story continues after this, so don't think it ended abruptly (can't say if the format is the same in the print version).

Lots of trigger warnings for this book, so read with caution, as the author mentions in her intro note. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Bullying, Eating disorder, Medical content, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

bujoxbooked's review

dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective 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? It's complicated

3.5

Loved this quote!
"I wish more people would take the time to consider what it might be like to live with a brain that works like mine. To have your own mind tell you you're not worth the air you breathe. Do you have any idea what it's like to feel like you're the queen of the universe one minute, and a waste of molecules the next?"

Overall, I think I enjoyed the book...

It wasn't the best book but definitely not the worst book (which I know that doesn't seem like the most positive reaction lol)

I liked the message/goal of the author's book to take away/work on eliminating the negative stereotypes towards mental health diagnosis/symptoms. I seem to be on a streak of authors reading their own audiobooks and it's not working out well for me lol. At times, it sounded like a kid in class reading the book just based on the tone and annunciation of the words. Having someone else read Shelbi's part may have helped the book to be more enjoyable. I liked hearing the perspective of Shelbi when she first woke up in the hospital, as I work with kids who return to school after being hospitalized and I can't even imagine how that feels.  There were moments that were predictable, which can be difficult to get away from in YA.

TW: self-injury, alcoholism, depression, Bipolar Disorder

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Moderate: Suicide attempt