Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens

116 reviews

foxes_need_to_be_tamed's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Death of parent, Murder, Violence, Sexual violence, Death, Physical abuse, Grief, Rape, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

nuneereads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

nadiamarjolein's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

Very special story. As a non-native speaker from Europe, the English is sometimes a bit hard to understand - especially when sentences are written in dialect.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Murder, Violence, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Death, and Domestic abuse

boulter1089's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Murder, Addiction, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Child abuse, Death of parent, Racial slurs, and Racism

meganpbennett's review against another edition

The sections of Kya living by herself in the swamps wasn't appealing to me, while the murder mystery was, and there wasn't enough murder mystery to keep me reading to find out more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Animal death, Cursing, Blood, Animal cruelty, Sexual content, Body horror, Child abuse, Classism, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

saskiahill's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Bullying, Classism, Grief, Child abuse, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, and Murder

Minor: Cancer, Animal death, Mental illness, Self harm, Injury/injury detail, and Excrement

jaylee_books's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/injury detail, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Misogyny, Bullying, and Classism

Minor: Racial slurs and Infertility

eellww's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Sexism, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, and Violence

pabi's review

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

 

Took me a while to get into it but it is such a well-written novel-can’t believe it’s a debut. Kya’s [the protagonist] life in the marsh brought vivid and captivating descriptions. She However drove me crazy with her predictable romantic advances which ultimately bore me to a degree where I was rolling my eyes enough, I feared they would remain at the back of my head but I digress. The random A.H. poetry exerts were a delight and ultimately Kya surprised me and I was given a deliciously satisfactory ending -licking my fingers as we speak. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Racism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Infertility

natashaball's review against another edition

emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Rape and Emotional abuse

Minor: Bullying