Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Belladonna by Adalyn Grace

54 reviews

mariefoxprice's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism

ladybug12793's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious relaxing fast-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

3.5

Good Halloween read. 


I enjoyed this book. It was a quick read and I finished it in less than 24 hours. It’s perfect for the spooky season because it’s fantasy with a little bit of mystery and ghosts. What I didn’t like is that the romance went from 0 to 1000 in about 0.25 seconds. Then, by the end of it, I was genuinely curious what the point of it all was. Also, confused about the murder’s plot. Even with those things, I had fun reading this book. I would recommend this to anyone that wants to read an easy, cozy, slightly spooky romantasy. However, If you are looking for some literary masterpiece, then I wouldn’t recommend this book.

0.5 🌶️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Infidelity and Sexual content

Minor: Suicide attempt

kinsportch's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism

everlymayreads's review against another edition

mysterious tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Murder

Minor: Alcoholism and Grief

devinjai6655's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Vomit, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

raichou's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

I really enjoyed this book. It's been sitting on my reader for about a year and I don't know why I haven't picked it up before. 

It was such an interesting storyline with her

being literally immortal, not being able to die and talking to death

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The mystery was very intriguing and I didn't see it coming the way it did. I only caught on to one thing before it was revealed. Still it very interesting and didn't make it boring. 

I'll definitely read the second book!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Vomit, and Death of parent

lateromantic's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

This book feels like it was written for a pitch, rather than to a pitch - like 'The Secret Garden x Crimson Peak', some aesthetic images, and 'I long for the sweet embrace of death but make it a YA novel'. Learning that the author is a storyteller from TV makes sooooo much sense - this would make a beautiful film or series, but is ill-suited to the medium it's in, like it's two books smooshed together, and it feels like it's missing the transitional or reflective scenes that would naturally be cut from a show. I'm not so much of a plot-focussed reader, so it wasn't for me, and the craft of writing, which is important to me and not other readers, felt missing, so it felt a bit like wasted potential, but if you're more into YA than I am then I can see why you'd love it. Not for me, and I won't be reading the rest, but that doesn't make it bad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Gore, Misogyny, Blood, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

such trope much fanfic wow

nicholettegm's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

Overall I very much enjoyed this book, it just got to a point where I felt like it was just never going to end. But even then I was intrigued enough to keep going. I will be continuing in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Physical abuse

ziracrow's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Terminal illness, Vomit, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

chrisljm's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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? Yes

2.5

honestly signa was dumb as fuck 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Classism

Minor: Infertility and Pregnancy