Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin

31 reviews

rnbhargava's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense 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

4.25

This book isn’t perfect but the characters are so well executed and it’s all a very plausible life depiction of the title character and the characters around him that are his nearest and dearest. I would heartily recommend this book to anyone.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Please note the alcoholism, suicide, miscarriage and car accident and the accompanying grief that could be caused by these are recurring themes in this book.

polypropylena's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Infertility, Infidelity, Suicide, and Dementia

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Vomit, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

bkschwartz's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.75

I was not prepared for the emotional journey this book inspired. It’s an incredible novel! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Car accident, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer

elliott_the_clementine's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.25

Gabrielle Zevin excels at constructing expansive novels that somehow still feel cozy and slice-of-life with characters that feel more like fact than fiction, and The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry is no exception. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Racism, Terminal illness, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use and Police brutality

efratmaor's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infertility, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Cancer, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Car accident

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

kirip's review against another edition

emotional funny relaxing sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

emma_sky's review against another edition

funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicide, Vomit, and Death of parent

motherofpearly's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.0

This book started out wonderfully and then fell flat. It jumped through time too quickly before some of the characters and relationships were developed enough. I wanted to learn more about Maya. Other than the fact that she liked reading, we didn’t learn much about her. Certain important plot lines were inserted carelessly and then forgotten about. Also I was frustrated with Ismay, who was an unlikeable, minor character with no personal development.

What she did to AJ and Maya was horrible, and there was never any ramifications for her behavior.  For some reason she ended up being a big part of the plot twist. She definitely should not have had such a happy ending

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Miscarriage, Suicide, Car accident, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Alcohol

marysea's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Vomit, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Grief and Car accident

dazzy's review against another edition

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

4.0

Cosy read

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use