Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married by Marian Keyes

5 reviews

schopflin's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

Last year I read 'Grown Ups' and stayed up until 2am unable to put it down. This isn't as complex and mature as that but it's still insightful as well as entertaining. The 1990s setting makes it a period piece and sparked lots of memories of that period in my life, when I was doing similar kinds of things to the characters here. There are things I don't think Keyes would write now - some cartoonish fat-shaming for example - but god knows what I was like at the time. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism and Fatphobia

rekhamohan1's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Fatphobia

greys527's review against another edition

lighthearted 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, and Fatphobia

Minor: Infidelity and Ableism

caseymackins's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Moderate: Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, and Fatphobia

Minor: Domestic abuse

jen1804's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

1.0

Very boring book, almost DNF. Unnecessarily long, moves incredibly slowly and the book as a whole feels really disjointed.
Characters are not very likeable which is such a shame. Rather a lot of nastiness which isn’t really applicable to the context of the story so it just seems unnecessary. Together with the general nastiness of the characters there’s also too much fat shaming talk for my liking as well as the occasional racist/sexist/homophobic comment from a character which I didn’t like.
Ending was stupid. Would not recommend.
Satisfactory ending? No.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming and Fatphobia

Moderate: Alcoholism and Addiction

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, and Drug use