Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

The Girl Who Lived by Christopher Greyson

6 reviews

poirot's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

tea_coffee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

The book wasn't exactly what I expected. It took awhile to really get into the plot and not just focus on Faiths mental illnesses. But the story did leave me guessing about who did what, who could be trusted. Was faith really going crazy? What's real and what's not? 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual harassment

ccard0223's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

This book felt very much like a sequel. quick, sloppy, good twist at the end but sloppy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

sarahgube's review against another edition

fast-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

teeni1113's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death and Murder

susanarnoldbooks's review

medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.0

I caught a couple of grammatical errors that impacted the meaning of the sentences.
There were plot wholes and the reader was left with more questions than answers at the end. Most of the plot was entirely predictable until the end, when a twist—which I felt was unnecessary and did not make any sense—was thrown in.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol