Reviews tagging Alcohol

Seven Days in June, by Tia Williams

137 reviews

carstairsqueen's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Blood

Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, and Addiction

mirireads's review against another edition

emotional 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

Graphic: Drug use, Chronic illness, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Injury/injury detail, Sexual assault, Grief, Self harm, and Sexual content

Minor: Gun violence, Medical content, Vomit, Child death, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Car accident, Infidelity, Abandonment, and Alcohol

massivepizzacrust's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

Ugh, this book gave me major feelings. Eva and Shane deserve all the happiness in the world, and I was rooting for them from page 1. I read most of this book over the course of an extremely long plane flight, then finished it this morning when I couldn't sleep due to jet lag, so not the most coherent review. But I'm so happy they found each other. Definitely review content warnings before going in if that's important for you, I found some scenes very hard to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Violence, Self harm, Drug abuse, Addiction, Vomit, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Police brutality, Confinement, Physical abuse, Medical content, and Gun violence

Most content warnings apply to flashbacks, so you do know that the characters are in a better place in present day. But it's still pretty explicit.

serena_hien's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Injury/injury detail, Child abuse, Drug use, Vomit, Self harm, Sexual content, Medical content, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Racism, Alcoholism, and Sexism

cady_sass's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-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

5.0

I lack the skill to properly articulate why I love the books that I love. This is so raw, and honest, and NOT the fairytale love story we’ve come to expect or be used to in the genre. These characters are deeply developed and the story is perfect. I have nearly nothing to pick to apart here, I loved it. This is not fluff and this is a bit of a darker read but that only added to my love for it. 
Also adding for context- I am slightly biased because I’m a sucker for any story with chronic/invisible illness representation, and this does that EXTREMELY well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Self harm, Sexual content, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Addiction

karyan1's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Death, and Drug use

znvisser's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Car accident, Child death, and Grief

Minor: Gun violence

caitlin_bookchats's review against another edition

I am a chicken and was not sure if I could emotionally handle it and also it was due back at the library.

I might pick it up again in the future or I might not, depends on how I'm feeling emotionally.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Chronic illness, Abandonment, Self harm, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Racism, Sexual harassment, and Alcohol

Minor: Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, and Injury/injury detail

Sexual Content is consensual but is on the page/described. Main character describes her chronic pain in detail, the struggles she's faced in the medical system having it recognized and treated, and the ways she has managed it over time (which vary in success and overall healthfulness.) Many of these content warnings are for things we see in flashbacks that the characters have processed or are processing as adults. They seem to be in a much better place when the book opens but there are a lot of heavy things to deal with here.

deetabz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Addiction, Chronic illness, Drug use, and Self harm

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Sexism, Suicide, Bullying, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Minor: Injury/injury detail and Ableism

courtnoodles's review against another edition

dark emotional funny medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Drug use, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, and Gore

Moderate: Abandonment, Cursing, Death, and Racism

Minor: Child death, Gun violence, and Murder