Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

210 reviews

jkull_10's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Alcohol, Classism, Deportation, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, and Racial slurs

ghostlyprince's review against another edition

slow-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? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Racial slurs, Racism, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and Homophobia

Moderate: Deportation, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Police brutality, and Hate crime

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Dysphoria, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Outing, Hate crime, Grief, Abandonment, Classism, Death, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Alcohol, Blood, Colonisation, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Deportation, Sexism, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Racism, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Mental illness, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Gaslighting, War, Medical content, Violence, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Miscarriage, and Infertility

nightmaresandfairytales's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content and War

Minor: Xenophobia, Racial slurs, and Outing

kh_xion's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Racism, Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Racial slurs

knockoffrainbow's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Sexism, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Outing, Alcohol, Biphobia, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Child abuse, Classism, Gaslighting, Racism, Hate crime, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: War, Abortion, Deportation, and Alcohol

dragon_lord's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and Racism

Moderate: Sexism, Misogyny, Outing, Toxic friendship, War, Abandonment, Violence, and Death

Minor: Drug use, Miscarriage, Child abuse, Excrement, and Pregnancy

thebankofbooks's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

megelizabeth's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

I completely adored this book. Lily and Kath are characters who I know will stay with me forever, and there's so much to love about their story: the beautiful, tender depictions of queer awakenings; the vividness with which 1950s San Francisco is captured; the complex family relationships and friendships that are explored; the seamless interweaving of discussions of race, gender, sexuality, and Cold War politics. This wasn't quite a 5* for me only because I found the ending to be ever so slightly unsatisfying and because there's a very brief mention of student-teacher 'relationships' which didn't sit right with me, but on the whole I just loved this book, its quiet, haunting, timeless depiction of queer love and community in an unsafe world, and everything else it comprises.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Child abuse, and Homophobia

Moderate: Racism and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual harassment, Miscarriage, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

tessvosper's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Deportation, Hate crime, Racism, Homophobia, Sexual content, Transphobia, Alcohol, Colonisation, Lesbophobia, Xenophobia, Outing, and War

Moderate: Classism