Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

My Policeman by Bethan Roberts

22 reviews

marleen02's review against another edition

challenging emotional

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Suicide, and Homophobia

laurataylor's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Miscarriage, Outing, Homophobia, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Chronic illness, and Sexual content

slayharrie28's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

My favourite book. I’m so in love with this book. It’s absolutely beautiful and heartbreaking simultaneously. Absolutely in love with it. A book everyone should have read. The movie was incredible too. Patrick and Tom have my heart.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Homophobia, Outing, Toxic relationship, and Hate crime

Moderate: Police brutality, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Minor: Police brutality, Death, and Alcohol

nialiversuch's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Hate crime, Cursing, Homophobia, Medical content, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Infidelity

Minor: Miscarriage, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

kimveach's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

What a brilliant, beautiful, heartbreaking story.  I usually prefer plot-based stories to character-based, but this one captured me completely.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Medical content, Sexual content, Outing, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Homophobia, Terminal illness, and Toxic friendship

memoirsofabooklover's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, and Gaslighting

Minor: Cursing and Lesbophobia

averagemark's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Outing, and Homophobia

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Alcohol, Bullying, and Pregnancy

hannahrogers's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Outing, Biphobia, Infidelity, Hate crime, Homophobia, Police brutality, and Sexism

Moderate: Pregnancy and Alcohol

Minor: Infertility and Alcoholism

literallyliterature's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Cursing, Alcohol, Hate crime, Outing, Toxic friendship, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexism, Death, Cursing, Police brutality, Bullying, and Suicide

sierrabowers's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.5

I think that this book was a great way to showcase how hard it was to be gay in the 1950s. I do think that this book sheds light on an important subject and I loved reading about a place that I’ve actually been to (Brighton, England) and it brought back memories of my own. It was a sad read, and there wasn’t much of a plot other than a love triangle. I thought it would be better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Alcohol, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship