Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Olisi jotain kerrottavaa by Celeste Ng

73 reviews

katymat18's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol

bryelle's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

A girl goes missing and her body is found in a lake. Her family goes through grief trying to figure out what happened and coping with the lose of their loved one. 

This books has many themes of internal struggle. All the characters are going through their own journeys of what their lives are. 

Lydia, the girl who goes missing, wants to live up to her parents expectations. She pushes her self and only feels like she has her brother to support her. 
Nath, going away to Harvard soon, feels like he is in Lydia’s shadow. His father hit him when he is young and he can never look at him the same. 
Hannah, the baby that brought her mother back after she ran away to accomplish her dreams. No one pays attention to her, but she loves them all the same. 
Marilyn, wanted to be a doctor, but fell in love and got pregnant. She pushed her goals on her daughter Lydia. 
James, Asian man in a mostly white community. Always knows everyone is looking at him and his children.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Moderate: Outing

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad 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: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

ojreads's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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? It's complicated

1.75

Ng does a beautiful job tying together all the pieces known and unknown tied to the loss of a child/sibling. Allowing the history of messes to intertwine and become known slowly as if laying out suggestions for the loss, before enlightening the reader and depicting scenes of not quite peace but an acceptance of being broken. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicide, and Alcohol

loanedliterature's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, and Alcohol

mariaviola's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, and Grief

Moderate: Bullying, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

atalea's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, and Grief

Moderate: Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, and Abandonment

Minor: Bullying, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

a_alves00's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol

sternentinte's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child death, Misogyny, Racism, Medical content, and Abandonment

Minor: Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol

pathologicalreader's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Vomit and Alcohol