Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain

13 reviews

vanessagrausam's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, and Car accident

Moderate: Alcoholism and Pregnancy

siobhanward's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Racial slurs, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

destinyf1988's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Suicide, and Dementia

Minor: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Vomit, Police brutality, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

buntjuli's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Racism, and Rape

gvandewalle's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, and Alcohol

chrizzavilla's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

For me, the author should have focused more on the story of Anna Dale rather than the "I can't restore this mural" chapters of Morgan. The focus of the story is intriguing, but there were unnecessary chapters particularly the POV of Morgan. Morgan's POV were filled with corny and cliche dialogues, that stopped me from connecting with her character. I like the backstory of Anna, but it could have been presented in a "fast paced" way. Some chapters were unnecessary. I feel like Morgan's doubt in her capability was repeated countless of times in each chapter.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, and Pregnancy

kimayoda's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Car accident, and Murder

maddiet425's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Rape

Moderate: Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Suicide

readingwithstitch's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

I found the book a bit slow to start, but I’m truly glad that I finished it. What started as a simple back and forth between two time periods read turned into a mystery that had me hooked. If you can make yourself get through the first few chapters, it will turn into one you’ll want to read right through to the end.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

alaura21's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Racism, and Rape

Minor: Car accident and Death of parent