Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood

24 reviews

bnelson13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Amazing! Such a compelling read. It had a bit of a slow start for me, but it didn't take long to pick up and then it was super hard to put down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Alcohol

jessalauren's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

reagans_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Car accident

This book is extremely sad and heartbreaking with many terrible aspects, but overall it is a great book to read.

raychelcruz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Beautifully written- content? Not so much. Normalizing pedophilia and sympathizing with child molesters is NOT a good look. Kellan was not a good guy, there ARE no good pedophiles. He absolutely groomed her. He knew what he was doing was wrong, acknowledged that, and continued to do it. I would no recommend this book, and I’m glad I didn’t spend money actually burying it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence