Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Dark Water Daughter by H.M. Long

4 reviews

misterwisp's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted 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? No

3.0

The ideas within the setting are neat. The characters feel strong and distinct. There is a bit of fun high seas piratical action to be had although not as much as I was hoping for. The story was a bit of a mixed bag and some parts were fast paced and others slow. There was more of a romance subplot happening than expected. So overall it's mostly fun although slow in parts and there is less action than you might think from the way the book presents itself. Not bad overall and an easy read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Violence

Minor: Confinement, Vomit, Trafficking, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War

madradstarchild's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Sexual assault, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Minor: Body horror, Slavery, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, and War

katievallin's review

adventurous dark hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Vomit, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Suicide, Torture, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

brynalexa's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? No

2.75

I loved the world building and magic system. The characters were a bit under-developed but had enough back-story to get me through. I was distracted by the lack of diversity in the cast of characters as well as some upsetting decisions made by characters.  

How could Samuel still love and care about his brother? How could he forgive him?? If it was supposed to be that fixing him needed both twins that should have been brought back up!

For the most part the story came together in the end but it doesn’t redeem the character flaws. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Trafficking, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol