Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

The Seas by Samantha Hunt

9 reviews

mreisen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and War

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Islamophobia

Minor: Child death

foolishfish's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Car accident, and War

Moderate: Blood, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

mr_cain's review against another edition

• 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? Yes

4.25

wow

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death of parent, and Alcohol

larvaeya's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

Very very poetic and beautifully written, I cried multiple times 
Really enjoyed this book even tho it smh took me over a month to finish it.

the ending really surprised me like I did NOT see that coming. Therefore I had to finish The last third of the book in one sitting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Violence, and War

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

mkwheelock's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Miscarriage and War

loujanae's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad medium-paced

2.0

There were some bits in here that I really loved. One chapter blew me away. And a dozen sentences felt like love notes just for me.
But overall, either some litfic is just a bit too much up its own ass for my tastes or... This wasn't that good. Maybe both. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcohol, and War

juliabristow's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

5.0

I'm glad I read this for a book club because I think I need to talk about it to unpack what the hell happened but I'm excited to do so. This also should be required reading for anyone who wants to use the phrase "unreliable narrator." Very reminiscent to me of We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson, I found myself comparing the main characters super frequently 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War

Minor: Alcoholism, Suicide, and Alcohol

cinderelliex's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Alcohol

Moderate: Miscarriage, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Vomit

martian_anthropologist's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I wish I’d had time to read this book in one sitting and relish it. It’s so removed yet so immersed in its own culture and environment to the point of completely capturing small town life and isolation, and the story takes so many twists and turns

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Moderate: Mental illness and Sexual content