Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Mr Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo

4 reviews

ruthmoog's review against another edition

adventurous funny reflective fast-paced

4.75

Barrington is flawed - the way he talks about his wife and women in his life is nasty - but he is nonetheless likeable, charismatic, funny!

I laughed aloud at this, Barrington speaks as you might to a friend. And it's emotionally intimate as Barrington lets us in on his big secrets.

I enjoyed it a lot, and the narration is great. Looking forward to the TV series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Misogyny, and Alcohol

Minor: Body shaming, Drug use, Violence, Death of parent, and Outing

Knife violence

zombiezami's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

5.0

This book was fantastic: beautifully written with complex characters. I found myself liking Barry in spite of myself. His attitudes rubbed me the wrong way and often reminded me of male family members whom I find exhausting. Even so, I found myself very entertained by him and feeling compassion for him as a human. I thought he was excellent as an untrustworthy narrator.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Infidelity, and Alcohol

Moderate: Eating disorder, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Sexual violence, Slavery, Police brutality, and Colonisation

ageism

jessreadsthings's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Infidelity

Moderate: Alcoholism, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Slavery, and Colonisation

CW for fairly long and in-depth descriptions of postnatal depression.

amberinbookland's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, and Infidelity