Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Paperweight by Meg Haston

10 reviews

andreamhi's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

jakegreyxx's review against another edition

3.0

The way she refused to refer to her roommate by name, but as soon as she discovered her roommate had trauma she switched to her name was… really beautifully done.
There is a point about 200 pages in where the book seems to drastically change pace. It just slows right down, as if time decided to stop moving.
And then it all kind of happens at once, in a way that feels a little skipped over, in ways.
There are definitely some big content warnings for this book, so if that’s something you might need, I would recommend looking them up. Most notably, this book follows a girl with an eating disorder in a treatment centre for eating disorders. Other warnings I would note are suicide attempts, suicidal ideation, drinking, abuse, and car crash. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

daralexandria's review

emotional reflective sad fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Car accident, Abandonment, and Alcohol

cassettetaped's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Car accident, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Blood, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

sra_rdmn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

abitofapoet's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

2.75

Well written & realistic, but just not my cup of tea. I have a hard time connecting with characters i don’t like, and i wasn’t a fan of Stevie for most of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical content, and Toxic friendship

adarowley_reads's review

emotional sad fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcohol

eli_in_the_house's review

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

ging090803's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-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

4.0

It was a great book. Not the best I've read, but a good one. I had little troubles to love the characters, but I did love the story. The past intertwined with the present... The character development was really present. Following Stevie throughout every step of an ED recovery AND grieving was really interesting. I liked it. During my reading, I could see the message that was transmitted by the characters, etc. It is okay to feel emotions, we just need to find balance.
We are all a little fucked up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, and Abandonment

Minor: Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Well, since it is about an eating disorder, it is rough. The language, the background, it can be really triggering. So yeah, be careful.

ortiz_121534's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol