Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Wer die Nachtigall stört... by Harper Lee

47 reviews

bookswithlauren's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, and Classism

mjthomas43's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, and Classism

Minor: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

yippers's review against another edition

reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Rape, and Alcohol

Minor: Incest

lmconway_ak's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective fast-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

Knowing the subject is often triggering, I was prepared and really enjoyed this read. I also really enjoyed this as an audiobook read by Sissy Spacek. The characters are the thing that carry this book, and the writing really brings you into the south of the 1930s. My one dissappointment was the way the sub-plots jumped around, although they make sense in the end and with the POV. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Alcoholism and Bullying

wvelociraptor's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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

4.5

Blud really wrote 300 pages about how a boy broke his arm while having themes surrounding racism and inequality

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Alcoholism, Slavery, Stalking, Murder, and Alcohol

ieotter13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I see why this book is a classic! It’s good - and picked up in the middle. I enjoyed the court case and found the discussion of race to be particularly interesting when read over 50 years later. As someone who’s trying to cover the “classics,” this one was worth it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, and Slavery

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Death of parent

pbraue13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Murder, and Alcohol

katewhite77's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

Why Is It Such A Sin To Kill A Mockingbird?

Told over two years through the eyes of three children who are part of a close-knit neighbourhood in Alabama in the early 1930s.

The novel opens by introducing a bit of neighbourhood legend, which helps set the scene and how socially conservative the community really is. 

Aticus Finch, single Dad to Gem and Scout, two of the aforementioned children, is a progressive parent and lawyer, which becomes more and more important as we move the novel. 

The absolute genius of this novel ìs that it is told through the eyes of three ìnocet children as it drives home to the reader quite how ridiculous the adult world can be sometimes. 

It's funny as I was  pretty sure I had read this book as a teenager and I remembered the beginning but there was a large swathe of the plot I had completely forgotten, so much so that I assumed I must not have finished the book but then I remembered the end, so I must have completed it. 

I can imagine teenage me not really appreciating the more nuanced aspects of the plot, particularly when it came to Atticus' willingness not to follow the conversations of the time. So, I am really glad I read it again as an adult. 

I think this really deserves its classic status. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Colonisation, and Classism

dionysius_miller's review against another edition

reflective 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: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Alcohol

Minor: Police brutality and Classism

zara89's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Death of parent, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Genocide