Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

In Five Years by Rebecca Serle

22 reviews

read_with_riley's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Terminal illness

Moderate: Child death, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Vomit, and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion and Pregnancy

daybreakreads's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

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

2.75

I read the synopsis and it bought it might be similar to “The Midnight Library”. After getting about halfway through and realizing that wasn’t the case, I almost gave up on this entirely. I would say I didn’t like the first 75% of this book. The characters were flat and not very likable; you had a Type A Jewish lawyer nerd (seemed a bit stereotypical) and a carefree ditzy blonde dullard who lives entirely “in the moment” at the whims of daddy’s credit card. There were random details that didn’t make sense (I could’ve sworn early on David’s eyes were said to be brown, but later on it said they were green, and after it said Aaron had green eyes…)

The ending was a bit different than I anticipated. No major plot twists, but I thought it was ended nicely. 

Seemed a bit oversexualized for women in their 30s though

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer

Moderate: Child death, Pregnancy, Animal death, Alcohol, and Death

Minor: Abortion

marionlundqvist's review

challenging emotional funny reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Cancer, Medical content, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Blood, Child death, Vomit, and Pregnancy

echokore's review

challenging emotional tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Cancer, Terminal illness, Grief, and Medical content

Moderate: Sexual content, Alcohol, and Vomit

datskira's review

emotional reflective sad tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Terminal illness, and Cancer

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Alcohol, Vomit, Abandonment, and Pregnancy

Minor: Blood, Child death, and Car accident

chris_reads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad 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? It's complicated

3.5

It was a little too wealthy-corporate-New York for my taste, but it kept my attention. The characters' journey was compelling and not too predictable. I even cried a little. And I definitely agree with people saying this isn't a romance (though there are romantic elements). It is primarily about FRIENDSHIP and SELF DISCOVERY. 
*and privilege, but that's incidental. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Cancer

Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual content, and Abandonment

Minor: Terminal illness, Vomit, and Blood

moodreadererin's review

emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Cancer, Death, and Medical content

Moderate: Medical content, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical trauma, and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion

lqvekanej's review

emotional sad fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Abandonment, and Cancer

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, and Infertility

theonlybaillie's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.25

The friendship in this book made me cry. It's just so strong and fierce. I don't know how I feel about certain plot points, but overall I enjoyed this one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Cancer, Death, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Medical content, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

Minor: Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Abandonment, Infertility, and Vomit

bebidocrimes's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.75

Big fan of love stories about friendship. This tore a hole through my heart but it was such a good read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Medical content, Cancer, Death, Grief, and Vomit