Reviews tagging 'Death'

Whiskey When We're Dry by John Larison

13 reviews

amynbell's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

2.5

I started out thinking I was going to love this book, but then it just went on and on with the fighting, making dumb choices, and people dying. The setting is somewhere out west during the mid to late 1800s. A teen girl is left orphaned on a homestead and decides to dress as a boy to go find her brother who has already left home and is wanted as a bank robber. She makes her living as a sharpshooter, and when she finally catches up to her brother, it turns out that he's being a Murderous Robin Hood for Jesus. People justifying doing horrible things in the name of religion always grates. StoryGraph lists this as being a fast-paced novel, but I found it to be an absolute slog. I loved it at 20%, was tired of it by 40%, and was skimming it by 80%. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

mandalacb19's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexism, Violence, Vomit, and Pregnancy

ephemeralbreeze's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Child abuse