Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Foe by Iain Reid

5 reviews

aparker89's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

scottsland_yard's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

3.5

It was interesting, easier to follow than "I'm Thinking of Ending Things". It reads like a Black Mirror episode and was pretty engaging, finished it in 2 days. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Gaslighting

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Blood

keen's review against another edition

mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual content, and Alcohol

sianjkh's review against another edition

mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

2.75

yeah this was definitely a book. not much else past that

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol

cursivewolf's review against another edition

inspiring mysterious reflective tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

I’m not typically a fan of slow-burn type of stories, but this one just kept pulling me in. The suspense was palpable as it went on. I like how Reid uses quotation marks the way he does in the story, not to spoil anything. It was annoying at first, and could be at times, but towards the end you began to understand why. The ending is definitely worth getting to to understand a lot of the character development over the chapters before, and provides a twist you may or may not have seen coming.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Minor: Sexual content and Alcohol