Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

The Rats by James Herbert

5 reviews

dogearedbooks's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Racism and Sexism

norwegianforestreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

x_klarzx's review against another edition

those rats get me anxious just thinking about them, literally the day i stopped reading this i was getting into bed and just imagined them scurrying up me  nearly cried LMAO 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Torture, and Blood

Minor: Animal death and Child death

adrianmcc's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Misogyny, and Blood

kjm_x's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail