Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder by Evelyn Waugh

35 reviews

kmhst25's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-paced

1.75

I think you would have to be some combination of male, Catholic, or Silent Generation to get much out of this one, and I am none of those things.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Religious bigotry

Minor: Bullying, Death, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Sexism, Terminal illness, Abandonment, and War

decafdirtychai's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

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

4.75

 Even more Brideshead-y the second time around. Jeremy Irons has the perfect autumnal voice for this book, but there are some slurs in it! Invoked a strange feeling. This book has every trope you need for a September read: 1st person observatory narrator, enchantingly sad woman, "thwarted" love, inconclusive thoughts on religion, melancholy + nostalgia, a thick layer of homosexuality without calling it that, descent into alcoholism, English estates, and a feeling that you need to cry without being able to. I wish I could write like this, I'd never shut up.

If you wanted to like The Secret History (Tartt), but didn't, you could try this one instead. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Alcoholism

Minor: Homophobia and Religious bigotry

about_wind_and_willows's review against another edition

reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Suicide, and War

madamenovelist's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective relaxing sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexism

utopiaandmelancholy's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

3.5

A closely-nostalgic glimpse of a time-period and aspect of society which has since been widely portrayed on TV. However Waugh's closeness and clear personal feelings on the matter made for a reflective, if slow, read about the effect of the time period on people born into their station. To be honest, Waugh's appraisal of his own work in the introduction was what I found most interesting. The story was good enough that I would probably try to find an adaptation to watch if I wanted to revisit the time period though, so I am glad to have read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Infidelity, and Alcohol

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Vomit, Religious bigotry, War, and Classism

Minor: Death, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

mreisen's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Medical content, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: War

chris_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective sad slow-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? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Homophobia, Xenophobia, Dysphoria, and Classism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Antisemitism, War, and Injury/Injury detail

abijoupansy's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, and Alcohol

thomasdj's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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

atamano's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Classism

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Vomit