Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

The North Wind by Alexandria Warwick

36 reviews

buildingourbookshelves's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism and Death

saliwali's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective relaxing sad fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Slavery, Sexual content, Cursing, Murder, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

paneblue's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Sexual content

Moderate: Violence and Death

madrona's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.25

I had high hopes for this book, but it was a real slog for me unfortunately. I was never very interested in the world, and Part 1 of the book felt very repetitive and slow for my taste. While the twist that launches Part 2 was interesting, and did keep me more engaged through a lot of the second half of the book, it didn't hold my interest all the way through the end. I appreciate that Wren is written as a genuinely flawed heroine, but her thought process and decisions were extremely frustrating, right up until the end when things seemed to be resolved. It often felt like the conflict was being artificially drawn out and forced, and took away from my satisfaction with the HEA. I don't fully understand a lot of what was going on with Boreas, though my inattention through some parts of the book likely contributed. I did generally enjoy Warwick's writing style, and the book had many really lovely moments, but the whole just didn't come together for me personally. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Death

mica1991's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

paige_77's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

2.0

So. Slow. I kept just skipping pages at a time to get through the unnecessary stuff. Half the book focuses on the FMC’s addiction to wine. Just was not into this book. Won’t read any further into the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Alcoholism

paperdreams's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Sexual content, and Alcoholism

lauralouise93's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death of parent, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Death, and Child death

aroy011's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism

shancat's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

If you’re only going to try one beauty and the beast retelling, let it be this one. It subverts so many of the common plot points. The main characters start out genuinely hating each other. Both are very likable but also genuinely flawed. Loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism