Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

269 reviews

arloisgross's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Alcoholism, Addiction, and Sexual assault

rebekka's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Rape, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexism, Gaslighting, Drug use, Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pedophilia, Misogyny, Vomit, Mental illness, Grief, Death, and Cursing

trishnasaha's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Grief

julia091's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, and Rape

Moderate: Suicide, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal death, Drug use, and Death of parent

matildaesandell's review

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

This book is so fucked up, which is the whole point. Definitely read with caution and a lot of trigger warnings. This book had me feeling actually sick and making facial expressions of pure disgust in public. Please proceed with caution, this is a story of grooming, manipulation and trauma. This book honestly deserves 5 stars but I never want to read it again or recommend it to anyone because it is deeply traumatic, maybe an important one to read if you haven’t experienced these things, to help you better understand the lifelong damage and how hard it is for a victim to even grapple with the truth

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Stalking and Suicide

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism

lorepanda's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Drug use, Suicide attempt, and Alcoholism

Minor: Drug abuse and Suicidal thoughts

crinkledmochi's review

dark slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

i don’t even know how to rate this… this book was so disturbing

i feel like this book is going to haunt me for the rest of my life 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Rape, and Sexual assault

alxceq's review

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Rape

Moderate: Alcoholism

chooper454's review

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Rape, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Suicide, and Vomit

girlblogger2003's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-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? Yes

4.5

"To be groomed is to be loved, handled like a precious, delicate thing."

I tore through this, each page making me choke with disgust. Vanessa's story is as important as it is complex; it shows the complexities of victimhood, of grooming, and of abuse, and the hold it can have on a person, the way it can shape the flexible mind of a child all the way into adulthood. The ending, as the two periods of time meet, felt freeing, but the path to getting there worked through stages of grieving something you could never fully understand or consent too. Powerful prose. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Rape, and Sexual violence