Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss

8 reviews

lanternheart's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Bullying

Minor: Alcohol, Body shaming, and Gore

esme_may's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Violence, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Blood, and Misogyny

Moderate: Animal death, Classism, Death, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Racism, Racial slurs, and Xenophobia

Minor: Alcohol, Murder, Pedophilia, and Religious bigotry

audreyxine's review against another edition

dark reflective sad 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

5.0

This book was so weird. I loved it. It won't be for everyone, but it was for me. The writing style was confusing and the ending was anitclimactic, but those seem so intentional I can't give this book less than 5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Torture, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Alcohol, Death, and Cursing

Minor: Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, and Homophobia

decembermagpie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Gaslighting, and Physical abuse

Minor: Alcohol

shannananahey's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Misogyny, Death, and Animal death

Minor: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Racism

caitlynleahy's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Ghost Wall is a short novella about Silvie, her parents, three archeology students, and their professor as they partake in a two week historical reenactment of England's Iron Ages. It's heavy, with a large portion of the book focusing on Silvie's abusive father. 
Stylistically, it feels like reading Silvie's diary or being inside her thoughts. The lack of quotation marks for dialogue feels confusing at first but as the book progresses, it gets easier to determine who is speaking. 
I will say that the ending felt rushed, and like it would benefit from five or so pages. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Blood, Body shaming, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol, Fatphobia, and Cursing

jennlcollier's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Animal death, and Child abuse

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Alcohol

slantrhymes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Animal death

Moderate: Body shaming, Misogyny, Racism, Torture, and Xenophobia

Minor: Alcohol and Blood