Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Infinite Country by Patricia Engel

6 reviews

siebensommer's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

A nation at war with itself, yet people still spoke of it as some kind of paradise. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Deportation

Moderate: War, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Violence, and Racism

vanesst's review

challenging hopeful fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Deportation, Racism, Rape, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, War, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, and Terminal illness

sorcha's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape

Moderate: Abandonment, Racism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Deportation

Minor: Dementia, Death, Death of parent, Violence, and War

decklededgess's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

trigger warnings: injury and injury detail, animal abuse and death, sexual harassment, sexual assault, rape, alcohol and alcoholism, racism and bigotry, confinement, deportation, death of parent

This book is such an important read. It's heartbreaking yet hopeful and forces you to see the struggle of immigration from the eyes of people who have to deal with public vitriol for being immigrants during a time where xenophobia was at its worst. This book focuses on the struggles of one family as they immigrate, get broken apart due to deportation and their struggle to reunite. The timeline hops all over the place as it gives context and fills you in on the questions of how, why, where, and so on.

Beautifully done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Death, Death of parent, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Bullying, Alcohol, Xenophobia, Racism, Hate crime, and Grief

caseythereader's review

adventurous emotional hopeful sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Police brutality, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

caidyn's review

dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

3.75

What a tiny, impactful book. It was very good and not what I expected. It's nonlinear and took a bit to piece things together. I'm very glad that I read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Dementia, Animal cruelty, Rape, Terminal illness, and Xenophobia