Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro

17 reviews

avisreadsandreads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Grief, Death of parent, and Dementia

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

Minor: Pregnancy

_caroline's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, and Car accident

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Addiction, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Infidelity, Pandemic/Epidemic, Blood, Medical trauma, and Terminal illness

samseyz's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

I liked how the themes of family, grief, and trauma were explored through the different characters at various points in their lives, but I know this won’t be a very memorable read in the long run

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Grief, Car accident, and Death

m_liz's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Dementia

Moderate: Cancer and Alcoholism

maryecwatson's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? No

4.75

Excellent family drama, character’s experience a tragedy at the start and the remainder of the book shows their growth, taking responsibility and what they learn.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Alcoholism, Cancer, and Dementia

katiejohns's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Grief, Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Car accident

Moderate: Cancer, Alcoholism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

abbieday's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This book is a beautiful, painful, and haunting look at how souls are entertained and how we as people exist in the universe with ourselves and one another. The exploration of what happens to us when we keep big secrets is so poignant. My favorite line/reflection: “his gratitude is so wide and deep that it feels, instead, like shame.” I liked Shapiro’s use of shifting narrator’s and timelines to piece together their stories and of course, I cried.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Cancer, Grief, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Dementia

sarahflanders's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death of parent, Death, Pregnancy, Car accident, Dementia, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Cancer

hannahalane's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Dementia, and Death of parent

Moderate: Car accident, Drug abuse, Child death, and Alcoholism

nickthebooktoker's review against another edition

reflective sad 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia

Moderate: Death, Car accident, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, and Sexual content

Minor: Alcohol, Cancer, and Sexual violence