Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

The Girl on the Train, by Paula Hawkins

265 reviews

abbyrm16's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

3.5

bruv i did not see

Spoiler

tom

coming, literally. personally if i had to read the phrase “i was on the train” one more time, i was going to lose my mind. the mystery and tone was done well and i was lost within the intertwining and unreliable narratives, but i thought that was a good thing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Violence

ffionjohnson's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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

5.0

I did guess the ending before I got to it but I didn’t mind because, to me, it was really well delivered. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, and Violence

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Child death, Infertility, Vomit, and Toxic relationship

alexiskuter's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Fatphobia, Alcoholism, Cursing, and Death

aurervlnbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Death, and Alcoholism

kotashomelibrary's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Murder, Infertility, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Infidelity, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Death, Child death, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Mental illness

Minor: Pregnancy, Vomit, Kidnapping, Abandonment, and Abortion

imogensbooks's review

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

3.75/5 stars
Solid book! read it very quickly and enjoyed it the whole time, but not sure how I feel about the plot twist

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Murder, Child death, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Alcohol, and Death

kamrynharned's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

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

1.5

I honestly really hated this book, and that really surprises me because of how popular this book was for a while. The writing style was boring, the characters were revolting and the mystery was a yawn.  Nothing made me want to keep readying besides just the annoyance of not finishing a book you’ve dumped time into already.   The only emotions this book evoked for me was disgust… and not in a good way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Murder, Alcohol, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Infertility

trinloyd's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Vomit, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Blood

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Pregnancy

samcsmith's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense 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

Graphic: Alcoholism, Grief, Violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Gaslighting, and Gore

Moderate: Body shaming, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Death, Fatphobia, Murder, Vomit, Cursing, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Mental illness

Minor: Drug use, Excrement, Child death, and Confinement

bessadams's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Physical abuse, Murder, and Domestic abuse