Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

What Comes After by JoAnne Tompkins

8 reviews

kimveach's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide, Addiction, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child death, Murder, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Domestic abuse, Grief, Pregnancy, Self harm, Violence, Bullying, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Religious bigotry, and Sexual assault

Minor: Dementia

prairieraven's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Death, Grief, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Misogyny, Murder, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Animal death, and Bullying

lizsurber's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Gun violence, Murder, Suicide, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Child death

Moderate: Infidelity and Adult/minor relationship

bookndaisies's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-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, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Abandonment, Animal death, Murder, and Rape

lcg527's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide attempt, Pedophilia, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Grief, Domestic abuse, Death, Child abuse, Blood, and Animal death

Moderate: Alcoholism and Animal cruelty

writtenbydnicole's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death of parent, Death, Gun violence, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Medical content

Minor: Abortion

awkwardpotat013's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicide, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Pregnancy, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, and Medical content

Minor: Terminal illness, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

tales_of_erasmo's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I'll start by saying that the writing and writing style of this book is really damn good. It's simple, yet poetic. It's not much of a plot driven story, but rather a character driven one. You have to really enjoy contemporary fiction to appreciate this book. I say this because it's a bit slow and predictable at times, but the writing keeps you immersed in the story. The ending disappointed me and also confused me. However, after doing a quick google search of an old "movement" I wasn't familiar with, the ending made more sense, but was still disappointing. The book was honestly pretty good until the ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt