Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Trespasses by Louise Kennedy

81 reviews

headachesince03's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

starrylight's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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

2.75

I struggled to read it due to lack of quotation marks and age difference relationship. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Hate crime, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Miscarriage

linzlee's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Sexual content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, and War

Moderate: Police brutality and Death of parent

Minor: Miscarriage

reneerianne's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I devoured this on my recent conference trip to Ireland (the cancelled flight and extra day helped… thanks KLM). Something about reading it while traveling there made me appreciate the book and the place more. There is something magical about letting a place’s history sink in while you’re immersed in it, and because the history of the troubles is recent, you can still feel some of the ramifications today. I loved the atmosphere of this book, and the way that Louise Kennedy writes is extremely compelling. She opens up the terrible things that happened in Ireland at the time while staying away from any judgement about which side is good or bad, merely showing how people exist in different realities and how things can get very messy and heartbreaking when those realities intertwine. Highly recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Murder

cecireads's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Infidelity, and Violence

schorlett's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Police brutality, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Miscarriage, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

ozdensl's review against another edition

emotional informative 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Murder, and War

relf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

5.0

It's 1975 in a small town outside of Belfast. Cushla is a young teacher at a Catholic school who helps out in her family's bar and lives with her alcoholic mother. Between pursuing a love affair with a married Protestant lawyer and befriending an outcast among her young students, Cushla is drawn across complex social, sectarian, and political lines and into the thick of The Troubles. To me, this is just about a perfect novel, with beautifully observed detail of daily life, emotional depth, and a tense, compelling narrative. Loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Police brutality and Injury/Injury detail

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

 god this almost book slumped me
i just found the actual plot so bland and annoying

('gonna have an affair with a 50+ year old married man when im 24 and he knew me as a child :D' *meets his wife* 'omg he has a wife what a fucking bastard' like, girl...)

yeah there was just so much of them and i didnt care about either of them tbh
i also found the lack of quotation marks very jarring because of how she writes, it was just sometimes so unclear whether something was being said aloud
the narrative was also quite frustrating and hard to follow, there would be intense details about specific things and then the next line would be a completely different time in a different place, or theyd be downstairs and then yay we're upstairs, how babe? what? it just felt very disjointed to me
just frustrated me more cause there were bits of the writing that i did like or found interesting but none of them were plot related tbh 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

alrightcalv's review against another edition

emotional informative slow-paced

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

1.5

I didn't really connect with this book, and only liked the character Davy. I'm unsure why writers choose to exclude quotation marks, but it negatively affects my reading experience. I found myself getting lost, and there were so many character names I kept forgetting who was who.

I'm not sad I read it, but meh.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail