Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

7 reviews

thatchickengirl23's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent, and Classism

Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Injury/Injury detail

mme_carton's review

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Classism

mmehdi_auteur's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Police brutality, and Alcohol

milesjmoran's review

dark emotional funny sad tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Sexism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Xenophobia, and Alcohol

gracescanlon's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad 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: Chronic illness, Death, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Alcoholism

webb_beb's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.0

I really was looking for an Austen-esque period piece and so this perfectly scratched that itch for me. I thought it was overall very pleasant and compelling, I really enjoyed the cast of characters and felt that for a book from this time they were fairly multi dimensional. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Alcohol

Use of a slur against Romani people

lara_bk's review

dark emotional sad slow-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: Chronic illness, Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Minor: Injury/Injury detail