Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Her Name in the Sky by Kelly Quindlen

26 reviews

gluehbuecherwuermchen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Alcohol

Minor: Eating disorder

bek_p87's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense slow-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

4.75

This hit so close to home, it was basically in my garage. It brought up so many emotions, and ideas that have changed how I think. I loved it, but it was HEAVY, especially as a queer Christian. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, and Alcohol

Minor: Medical content

courtknee__vn's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

I truly don’t know why it took me so long to finally pick up this book but omg it was beautiful 🥺 like truly heartbreaking but still beautiful and hopeful! This book is about so much but the heart of the story is love. Finding love, accepting love in all its forms, and letting yourself love. While the main storyline was Hannah & Baker coming to terms with their feelings for each other and learning to reconcile those feelings with everything that they’ve been told love should be by the church and the world, it was also about platonic, familial, and self love. Every type of love is important and learning that is so crucial. And while these characters were messy and complicated, it was so easy to root for them all every step of the way! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

rainbowrachel's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, and Alcohol

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Eating disorder

rachrreads's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

This book was so good but so painful. Wow

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Sexual content, Outing, and Alcohol

Moderate: Vomit

randirush's review against another edition

emotional fast-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: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, and Outing

Moderate: Bullying, Eating disorder, Vomit, and Alcohol

sadieh's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Outing, and Alcohol

Moderate: Hate crime

Minor: Eating disorder, Sexual content, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

raven9949's review

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I know the whole intent was to make this about discovering yourself while balancing the weight of the church and church expectations…. But for me, it felt a little heavy handed. The “it’s okay to be gay” at the end wasn’t really well balanced, so for me I wouldn’t EVER suggest this for a young adult. I’d honestly cater this to those that are gay that came from religious homes and are FULLY comfortable about who they are…. I feel like it takes a certain level of understanding and therapy based knowledge to actually make this one palatable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Alcohol

Bad coping methods, needs some therapy

softwindflower's review

challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Vomit, Outing, and Alcohol

ramintah's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful slow-paced

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

3.75

The gay angst was hard for me to get through, but there were also some beautiful conversations about inclusive love and Catholicism and I'm so glad about that

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Homophobia