Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Cantoras, by Carolina De Robertis

6 reviews

franklola's review

adventurous emotional reflective sad 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: Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual assault, War, Death, Misogyny, Police brutality, and Rape

nibs's review against another edition

emotional 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

5.0

Probably my highlight of 2022. This book is so intimage and human and its all about friendship and building a community and safety together.

I want to cherish this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Police brutality, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Alcohol, and Adult/minor relationship

kingaw's review

challenging dark emotional informative 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Police brutality

Moderate: Sexual violence and Torture

Minor: Suicide, Sexual assault, Rape, and Alcoholism

jennikreads's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Torture, Homophobia, Police brutality, Rape, Misogyny, Confinement, and Alcohol

jessicaelisa's review

dark emotional hopeful sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Homophobia, Abandonment, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Police brutality, Alcohol, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, Lesbophobia, and Medical trauma

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Torture, Miscarriage, and Alcoholism

lexi's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide, and Torture

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Abandonment

Minor: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Genocide

There are a lot of potentially triggering topics in this book, but it never felt like "torture porn" to me. It wasn't there to shock, it was there because these are real experiences people have.