Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Het smelt by Lize Spit

3 reviews

pirate10100's review against another edition

dark sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Typical Belgian marginal discriptions

sarahl92's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

3.75

Very dark. Read content warnings before reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Body shaming

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

thehazardofluce's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.0

Sitting here just having finished this book, I genuinely feel a bit shaky. Horrific, stomach churning. I felt this pit of dread throughout which got heavier the longer I read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail