Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Sunburn by Chloe Michelle Howarth

11 reviews

lindasoderlundd's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use, Sexual content, and Death of parent

elisabethkatee's review

4.25

to be with her is a sin, to be without her is a tragedy.

Holy jesus christ. this book took me a few chapters to get into but once i did oh man did it hit hard. i related to Lucy in SOO many ways and highlighted so many phrases and thoughts from her. this deep attachment to susannah and the feeling that she was some sort of god, until she realised susannah saw her in exactly the same way. it was so beautiful. the ending chapters TORE me apart and the ambiguous ending left me wanting more. i’m honestly so glad i persevered with this read cause BOY was it worth it!
i highly recommend to any girls out there who have ever fallen for another girl and felt so deeply entrenched in their desire that nothing could be stronger. i am crumbling at this book… in the best way possible.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia and Death of parent

Minor: Eating disorder and Alcohol

wisewayfarer's review

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Very much a slow burn romance type beat.

cecereads__'s review

4.5

Sunburn is both literal and metaphorical with the mc and first person pov, Lucy, experiencing the gloriously bright sun that’s making her come alive, and the subsequent redness/mark and constant sting that can follow if we’re not careful; if we don’t take care of ourselves enough.  

I really loved this. An Irish setting is always going to get me.

A sapphic coming-of-age story including all that comes with first love (eagerness, starry-eyes, forevers, intensity, etc) and with small-town mindsets and religious upbringings. 

I know that Martin wasn’t told until the end for a reason. He’s a gem btw. I still wonder what he would have said about it being a shared secret he was in on to stop his heart from breaking too. Idk. Obviously Lucy was not ready to deal with her feelings even when time told her how she would still grow out of the town and the ppl with or without Susannah

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

andlovetoowillruinus's review against another edition

5.0

(vibrating in place with gritted teeth and blood streaming from my eyes) i’m so normal abt this book

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Infidelity, and Outing

Minor: Drug use, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, and Classism

jordanbolker's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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

A beautiful coming out story that everyone should read! The only thing I wasn’t a fan of was that there was more internal dialogue and narration than actual dialogue. But it was beautiful, raw, emotional and I loved it overall. One of my favorite summer reads!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, and Alcohol

hookerkitty's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

I don’t think there’s a single person I’ve been attracted to, male or female, who made me obsessed with their spit or want to be masticated by them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Grief, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Abandonment

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Drug use, Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Dementia, Abortion, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

fee1111's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Stop it was so good omg it's also irish and full of small town culture so you know it's going to pull at the heartstrings i mean I've never read a book set in this country that wasn't determined to be depressing yet hopeful the Sally Rooney depresso has a chokehold on us as a nation 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Infidelity, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Body shaming, Abortion, and Alcohol

kers_tin's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

I found this to be a very immersive audiobook and I got very invested in the characters, even though I disagreed with almost every choice the main character made. 10/10

queershark's review

emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent