Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger

14 reviews

bookrecsondeck's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, and Death of parent

Minor: Police brutality

ginamc's review

adventurous emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Antisemitism, Death of parent, Murder, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Racism, and Sexual assault

Minor: Genocide

lisdahl's review

hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Murder, Eating disorder, Slavery, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

rwinchesterm's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful sad fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, and Murder

Minor: Pedophilia and Death of parent

readbycarina's review

adventurous challenging emotional sad slow-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Murder, Torture, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Medical content, Physical abuse, and Genocide

Minor: Death of parent

gena10's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

If “it was a different time” was a book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, Sexual assault, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Genocide, Cursing, Hate crime, Confinement, Colonisation, Infidelity, Racism, and Rape

Minor: Addiction, Pedophilia, Ableism, Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Classism

bookishmaryrose's review

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

Masterful storytelling. Beautiful concepts. My biggest critique is the harmful trope that people are “better off dead” than disabled. Really? That’s so harmful and so avoidable in an otherwise gripping, thoughtful, artful story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Rape, Racism, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Child abuse, Colonisation, Murder, Pedophilia, Slavery, and Xenophobia

kcarney86's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Abandonment, Child death, Grief, and Racism

Minor: War, Pedophilia, Rape, and Police brutality

myworldtoread's review

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Alcoholism and Death of parent

semeyers's review

adventurous challenging dark inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

 Overall, I loved this book. The descriptions of the landscapes and the characters throughout the book were amazing and worked to really put you in the scene. Not only did I come to love all of the Vagabonds individually, I also grew attached to all of the characters they met and built relationships.

My main gripe with the book is how incredibly rushed the ending was. It was getting closer and closer to the end and I was getting worried because almost nothing had been resolved. Then, suddenly in only a handful of pages, everything is wrapped up with a bow. It was kind of shocking and I found myself reading one of the last chapters over again a few times before I could process the amount of information that was thrown at the reader. I found this lessened the impact of the book quite a bit. I wish 50 pages or so had been cut from the middle and added to the end, giving the author more time to really flesh it out and keep the same tone and pacing that the rest of the book had.

I did still genuinely enjoy this book! It was a book club pick and it was a great book for that - it includes many topics and is sure to spark some conversation and discussion. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Alcoholism

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Kidnapping, Police brutality, and Racism

Minor: Drug use, Sexual assault, and Child abuse