Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

This Way Out by Tufayel Ahmed

6 reviews

brittanylee0302's review against another edition

inspiring sad slow-paced

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

4.25

I listened to this as an audiobook & the narrator was fantastic! However, if I had just read this book, I'm not sure i would have been able to get through it. The beginning was a little slow & kind of boring. I loved watching Amar grow as a person throughout the story. There was a small section in the book that I didn't find necessary to add in but other than that I thought it was pretty good! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Abandonment and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content and Suicidal thoughts

peachmoni's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Biphobia, Bullying, Child abuse, Terminal illness, and Islamophobia

dayniw's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Toxic relationship, Islamophobia, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol

grimm_reads's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

This book was fantastic. Please read it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Islamophobia, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcohol and Classism

sarah984's review

emotional reflective slow-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

2.0

I bought this book as part of Amazon's "First Reads" program, and the copy there made it sound like a romcom. Unfortunately, it's not funny. It's also probably about 100 pages too long (a lot of the prose is very repetitive) and I found the main character really annoying with the way he was always projecting on everyone and having these over dramatic spirals. No idea how 2 different guys were into him.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Grief, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Islamophobia, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Ableism, Fatphobia, and Sexual content

jazzlioness's review

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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Ableism and Fatphobia