Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

The Fever King, by Victoria Lee

13 reviews

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Death, Adult/minor relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Xenophobia, Suicide, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Medical content, and Drug use

Minor: Racism, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Child death, Rape, Death of parent, and Vomit

Early on in the book there is a somewhat graphic depiction of dying and decaying bodies. There is casual drug abuse, specifically alcohol and cocaine. Several people are dying in a hospital-like setting and the process is described in detail at least once.

syncup's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Gore, Xenophobia, Murder, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, and Gun violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Pedophilia

Minor: Eating disorder

angie_pangie's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

it’s a good sci-fi dystopian novel. the characters were engaging. the pacing was a little off though, would still recommend 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Addiction, Alcoholism, Violence, and Suicide

the_planetarywanderer's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism and Murder

Minor: Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, and War

tkhenry99's review

4.0

A strong start to 2022! I don’t usually go for sci-fi very often, so I appreciated the simple and straightforward sciencey parts. I feel like a lot of sci-fi is overly complicated or just skips the explanations entirely. Dara and Noam were great characters, but I wish their relationship had been fleshed out a bit more. I could maybe maybe understand why Dara is so insta-lovey but Noam really didn’t seem to have much of a connection with him besides thinking he’s hot. It did tend to be pretty predictable

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(you can see mind control coming from the very beginning)

and some parts felt underdeveloped.

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Dara and Ames are both addicts, but somehow it doesn’t seem to actually affect them/their health/wellbeing/powers? And Dara being raped by Ames’s dad for years was a weird inclusion…… especially to turn around and have him go “I did it as a political thing” without any additional explanation……

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Death, Hate crime, Racism, Suicide, and Xenophobia

Minor: Child death, Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, Vomit, War, and Genocide

iridaceae's review

adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Sexual assault

callikat's review

adventurous challenging dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I love this series! I found it after reading the WEBTOON (which is so beautiful, everyone go read it) and the book is also amazing! I thought the plotline was very original, and I also liked how she presented the characters (even with all their...issues). Also the "science" behind how to use your magic powers was super cool.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Antisemitism, Genocide, Toxic relationship, and Xenophobia

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

peachani's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Medical trauma, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Injury/injury detail, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Terminal illness, War, and Xenophobia

Minor: Abandonment, Antisemitism, Cursing, Incest, Infidelity, Sexual content, Torture, and Vomit

teagansdreaming's review

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Eating disorder

Minor: Rape, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

diifacto's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Colonisation, Xenophobia, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Grief, Pedophilia, and Violence

Minor: Sexual content