Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Cold Storage: A Novel by David Koepp

4 reviews

zombiezami's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

4.25

Very fascinatingly written, but fumbled the epilogue

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Cursing, Classism, Animal cruelty, Gore, Alcoholism, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Suicide, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Gun violence, Confinement, Animal death, Violence, Alcohol, and Car accident

Moderate: Pregnancy, Stalking, and Abandonment

Minor: Mass/school shootings, Sexual content, and Adult/minor relationship

alba_marie's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

4.0

Fast paced Sci fi thriller about a killer mushroom. This book is what happens if Dan Brown, Michael Crighton, and the writers of X Files made a baby. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Racism and Alcoholism

directorpurry's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Suicide, Gore, Animal death, Body horror, Violence, and Gun violence

lanidon's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

This book blew me away! It's incredibly unique in that it balances highly tense moments with almost heartwarming ones. The characters genuinely are lovable which makes the book even scarier for you. This honestly may be my new favorite thriller. It's such a perfect book. If you're seeing this, please read it

Edit upon reread: this book still holds a unique place for me. It's so rare to find a character driven thriller where the characters are not irredeemable jerks. This may be the only thriller to ever make me tear up. The plot is really good. The use of the perspective from the fungus riddled mind is phenomenal. I'll be trying to find something else like this for a long while

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Vomit, Animal death, and Gore

Minor: Alcoholism and Confinement