Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Chaos Theory by Nic Stone

15 reviews

effys's review against another edition

5.0

I found this book incredibly emotionally impactful. It was an amazing book about two teenagers learning to create a bond with eachother while trying to overcome each of their own personal struggles and it really showed how mental illness can impact your relationships with others. 
Nic Stone created such an amazing story that made me laugh, made me want to cry and really just hit all the emotions. Due to the subject it does have a lot of quite dark moments that could definitely be triggering for some but as someone who has experienced many issues with mental illness I appreciate how Nic Stone didn't try to sugar coat it or act like one person can come along and fix everything, it felt so raw and real.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Addiction

Moderate: Abortion, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

jaz_gets_literary's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Grief, Abortion, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Car accident, and Self harm

Moderate: Infidelity and Vomit

Minor: Bullying, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Suicide

jupitersuns's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

Amazing book! It talks about mental health that a lot of people should take time to understand. I could have read it in one sitting if I had had the chance but I work a lot so I couldn't :( 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Self harm, Addiction, Child death, Grief, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Minor: Toxic friendship, Miscarriage, Car accident, and Abortion

khaylam's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Self harm, Alcoholism, and Addiction

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Abortion, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

jennneely82's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-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

Another good one written by Nic Stone. In this book she tackles mental illness and alcoholism and how it affects a relationship between two recent high school graduates.  Open your heart and mind to people struggling with illnesses and diseases you may not understand. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Self harm, and Child death

Moderate: Abortion, Infidelity, and Grief

Minor: Pregnancy and Car accident

mamaofperfectpayton's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Car accident, Grief, Suicide attempt, Abortion, Alcoholism, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Mental illness

lauding_42's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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: Addiction, Alcohol, Self harm, Alcoholism, and Mental illness

Moderate: Abortion, Grief, and Child death

Minor: Car accident, Suicide, and Miscarriage

mayy_y's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I love books that are entertaining and equally educational. 

This book really touches on the topic of mental illness (even though the author hates describing it that way) and how it is for the people that experience it, and how it might affect their relationships with others. 

Right from the author’s note at thr beginning, I knew I would like this book. 
I’m also a fan of text messages in books, and this had a lot of it🤌🏼

So yes, you should def read this book. Be careful of the content warnings tho. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, Death, Child death, Grief, Suicide, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Miscarriage

purplepenning's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

Super fast read and one of the best portrayals of young love and mental health struggles I've seen in YA. I love how smart and talented these main characters are and how even the secondary characters get nuanced, realistic portrayals.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Alcoholism

Moderate: Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Abortion, Child death, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Addiction, and Self harm

Minor: Cursing, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Vomit

laheath's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

Excellent dual POV representation of mental illness (like the author, I hate that term too), as 2 teens also deal with all the normal pressures of school, family, and romance. Their individual stories are actually more complicated than average, including a parent running for political office, death of a sibling, changing schools 3 times in as many years plus a cross-country move, and having a parent famous for writing steamy urban romance novels. One of them already knows how to protect herself and isn't ready to let anyone else in and the other needs someone to show him he's worthy of being loved before he goes too far in hurting himself or someone else. Great characters in their support systems too, although one had too many issues of her own to be helpful.

I was so glad to hear the author's note included in the audiobook. Heads up, for those who usually skip this, the story continues after this, so don't think it ended abruptly (can't say if the format is the same in the print version).

Lots of trigger warnings for this book, so read with caution, as the author mentions in her intro note. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Abortion, Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Infidelity

Minor: Medical content, Bullying, Car accident, Eating disorder, and Injury/Injury detail