Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Le monde de Charlie by Stephen Chbosky

179 reviews

lightthebeam's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-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

4.25

This book is a classic for a reason. The characters are endearing, I love the overarching premise of an outcast writing letters as the narrative pov. The cast felt complex their problems and dialogue all felt real. I read this in a few hours, it was a wonderful read. I love the way the characters talked to each other. The dialogue was an absolute strong point. I think my only complaints are it just felt like some points had an unnecessary amount of time devoted to them while other side plots didn’t end up being resolved. The ending felt very rushed to me. The epilogue helped a bit but in my mind that’s cheating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

linnea1801's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Abortion

star_long27's review against another edition

emotional sad

3.5

For once the movie was better (painted a better picture) while the book has more details of events

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug use, and Abortion

hints of SA, abuse, abortion, homophobia & suicidal thoughts

hansenillustrations's review against another edition

dark sad slow-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

mskingbean69's review against another edition

mysterious sad tense fast-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

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

gabbyolsen's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Grief, and Car accident

longlegegg's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, and Abortion

Minor: Body shaming, Cursing, Death, and Grief

lottata's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Outing, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

emmadanylyshen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, Homophobia, Rape, and Sexual assault

thegracefulpal's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse