Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

If He Had Been with Me by Laura Nowlin

11 reviews

whatallisonwrote's review

emotional reflective sad fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Alcoholism and Sexual content

summersquash01's review

sad slow-paced

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

5.0

So I adored the book. I loved it so much, i started crying in the end.

WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE FINNY 😭

Laura nowlin has a very basic style of writing, however i loved it. Just a small criticism: the plot was way too slow. In my opinion,

the breakup with Jamie should’ve been way earlier than in the last 150 pages or smth

to actually let the relationship between autumn and finny flourish. 
The beginning was interesting, but the middle was quite boring, the end took me by surprise tho. 
Overall, i loved the book, and i read the second one (if only i had told her) in a day or so. Absolutely adored it. Thank you for blessing me with this masterpiece. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child death, Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Child death, Death, Gore, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

maddielags's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense slow-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

I can’t even describe this book. It has left me absolutely speechless.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

gabriella_'s review

sad slow-paced

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

2.5

this is the book that made everyone on tiktok cry? really?

it builds up for so long. Every page seems to build hype and foreshadowing for this looming Something and in the last 4 chapters everything falls apart. most of this book is so painfully slow-burn. and when they finally get together, most of it is about breaking up with sylvie anyway. finny also just straight up cheats on her.

I’m still gonna read the sequel because I need a bigger picture here

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Grief, and Alcohol

ellie_girl2929's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted sad tense slow-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

4.0

It is mainly slow but i couldn't put the book down. I was very invested around 60%*I knew in the beginning of the book that Finny was going to die. I didn’t think it be such an impact and make my jaw physically drop when I read the line saying he had died.* Finny grew as a person throughout this book and took care of Autumn when it seemed like he wasn’t. The book did flow but the ending kind of just stopped and wished it was better. *I honestly wish Finny didn’t die and we could see an epilogue of them but then title wouldn’t make sense.*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Car accident, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Pregnancy

akusushi's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.25

Made me sob so hard i snorted. Would never read again. Ending was rushed. Main character reminded me of me in high school. Made me reflect a lot on my own situations and relate them to the book (in a good and bad way). To everyone saying it’s cheesy/cringe: this is a high school romance. The characters are teenagers. Of course it will be cringe and cheesy, weren’t we all at some point in our youth? Anyways. The ending was predictable, what hurts is the lead up to it. #teamfinny 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Grief, Car accident, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

Minor: Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

claire_e_holc's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcoholism and Alcohol

rreyesreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

kwanbokado's review

reflective sad fast-paced

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

1.0

tried so haaaard to like this and hoped the last 20% would change my mind but the gears weren’t shifting sorry

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Car accident

Moderate: Pregnancy

klradford's review against another edition

emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

This author… she sets you up in this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcoholism and Vomit

Minor: Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

No spoiler here just read the book push past the repetitive chapters and finish the book. Note to the author: are you planning on doing a second book???