Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina by Zoraida Córdova

21 reviews

ghostlyprince's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Deportation

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Racism, Slavery, Blood, and Alcohol

chris_reads's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use and Racism

rexpostfacto's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Blood, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Physical abuse and Sexual content

mels_reading_log's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

I’m in love with the Montoya family this book filled with secrets, mystical happenings and one huge crazy family!! The story follows the offspring of Orquidea Divina Montoya after her death, as they try to figure out the truth behind her secretive past and how it is still out to get them.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism and Sexual content

marissasa's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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

4.5

This book is a wonder of a generational family story filled with magic and love. I really enjoyed the alternating timelines and perspectives which built the story up from present day and slowly revealed more about Orquidea's past and why her family is the way it is now. The writing was stunning especially when it highlighted the magical realism of miracles like

flowers blooming from skin, vines rising from the earth, a skeleton smoking a cigarette, and a door at the bottom of a lake.

I was immersed in this book and its main characters, although I do wish the book was a bit longer to give more attention and development to some of its side characters as well. The themes of generational trauma and the ties that run deeper than blood that bind us to our families were really well explored and I loved seeing the cousins protect each other without a second thought.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol

abitbetterbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

chasingpages1's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement and Infidelity

Minor: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Racism, Self harm, Kidnapping, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

thedambookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual content, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol

amberinpieces's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective 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

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Cursing, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Death, Stalking, and Death of parent

paisleypetty's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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: Alcohol

Moderate: Infidelity, Stalking, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child death