Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes

30 reviews

kezplatt's review against another edition

funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Sexual assault

gabrielaclarke's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional lighthearted reflective sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Drug abuse

jpullin1415's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Sexual content

hey_whatsoever's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad medium-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

4.5

Took me a while to get into it (my first Marian Keyes) but once I was, I loved this book. Hilarious and devastating, often in the same sentence. I sobbed through the ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming, Mental illness, and Medical content

questingnotcoasting's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.0

This was my first Marian Keyes but I'll definitely seek out more because I really enjoyed this. It's a very long book and although I did feel the pace slowed down in the middle, I didn't lose interest and I was invested in Rachel's journey. She's a very messy character and it's interesting to read from her perspective because of her deep denial about her drug addiction. Keyes is a very funny writer and I loved the heartfelt, humorous tone of this book. I'll probably read the sequel Again, Rachel and I'm also interested in Grown Ups. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Sexual content

erykahc24's review against another edition

funny reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Child abuse

hanrutous's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction and Drug use

smcmullan79's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse

wafflepolly's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Mental illness, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, and Self harm

wordsofclover's review against another edition

funny hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Eating disorder and Sexual content