Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

The Last Letter from Your Lover by Jojo Moyes

7 reviews

itsbumley's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Infidelity, Car accident, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and War

kitfkat's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Car accident, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

dfram's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

4.75

i disliked the organization of the story on part 3!!! i think the chapters would have been better split between POVs and years of when things were happening. my only negative comment on this book 😌 now that we are over that- i love the characters, the plot, the twist, the writing style, the incorporation of a writer in an extramarital relationship!!!  jojo slayed with this one! i’m a big fan of the film adaptation and i loved the book equally as much!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Infidelity, Grief, Car accident, Alcohol, and War

Moderate: Cancer, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexism, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

wellreadmegs's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-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

It took me a while to get into this one. I thought I was just in a book rut but I think it's because it took until the last 120 pages for the second character to even show up. I think I would have liked this story more if the two different timelines began earlier. 250 pages were mainly spent in 1960s and it made the story drag on a lot more. 

The accident was also a big aspect of the first few chapters but then it was never mentioned again. I found that kind of odd. Especially because Jenny didn't mention how much it affected her later on in life. It took a very long time to get to the major conflict in this book. There were parts I really enjoyed but other parts that really dragged. 

It was a nice story. Curious to see how the Netflix adaptation stacks up. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Alcohol

ran_sophia's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad tense fast-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? No

5.0

This book has a wonderful writing style and an interesting story with a twist at the end.  I also liked the two main characters Jennifer and Ellie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Death of parent

samanta123_'s review against another edition

emotional lighthearted sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Alcohol

emmaareads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

4.75

Jojo Moyes is the main responsible of me being a hopeless romantic. 
Whenever I finish one of her books, I close it with a sight, hug it closely to my chest and stare at the ceiling with teary eyes for five minutes.
She has that effect on me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol