Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

29 reviews

geminisoul's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book tore my heart apart and then reput it back togeather again, repeatedly. I probably cried while reading  the entire last 10% of the book. Everything about this book felt so true to life, especially the interpersonal relationships and family dynamics that occurred. You could feel the beauty and horror of Alaska seep through every page. This will be a 10/10 recommend from me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual content

jascahue's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I was a fan until she

got pregnant

after her mom

killed her dad

the book just lost my interest. It was very emotional and intense for a while.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content

ashlyncherie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

5.0

This might be the best book I’ve ever read up to this point in my life. And I’ve never been so destroyed. But I don’t know if I could ever read it again because of how much it destroyed me. The one thing I did not like was when

Lenny got manipulated into confessing!! Like she should have known and I felt the whole plot point was unnecessary.

but despite that, I can’t give it less than 5 stars. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Sexism, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Vomit, and War

itsnotri's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

Leni and her mom <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Sexual content, and Vomit

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

I didn't care for *any* of the characters except Large Marge so I've had trouble sticking with the book. 
Maybe I'll pick it back up in the future 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Xenophobia, and War

Minor: Sexual content

bookish2024's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely gutted! This was the first time in a long time that I was scared to keep reading because I didn’t know if I could handle something bad happening to my favorite characters. I had such a visceral reaction to this book, at one point yelling, “F**k you,” while listening in the car and could not put it down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Murder

Minor: Sexual content

hanngigi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual content and War

anne_reader's review against another edition

challenging 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

h4e1bemily's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense 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

4.75

This book actually broke my heart several times. 
The characters, setting, everything felt so real that it seemed like I was reading a memoir. Raw emotion, tension that turned the pages for me. I cried for, I hated, I loved each character. The ferocious beauty of the Alaskan wilderness cut through each page. It truly keeps only the strongest alive.
I dont want to spoil the story, but will say that domestic abuse is a main plotline, and it's honestly written. 
Not quite 5 stars because towards the end it did pass the point of believability for myself, but it is a novel, not memoir, I need to remember...still definitely worth the read. Highly recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content

heytaytayhey's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Blood and Murder

Minor: Sexual content