Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko

9 reviews

laindarko2's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Blood, Colonisation, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Grief, Violence, Death, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Animal death, War, Xenophobia, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, and Adult/minor relationship

pallasreads's review against another edition

challenging hopeful reflective tense 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? No

5.0

Weaves different threads of stories together beautifully 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Addiction

Moderate: Blood, Sexual content, War, and Racism

c_lizziebeth's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Medical content, Death, Mental illness, Grief, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Genocide, Body horror, Torture, Blood, Colonisation, Sexual harassment, Racism, Murder, and Cursing

Minor: Gun violence

helenasiuzmu's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Colonisation, Death, Forced institutionalization, Racism, Sexual content, Alcoholism, and Violence

mmcloe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense slow-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

4.5

I'm a tremendous fan of Silko's short stories ("Tony's Story" in particular) and it's interesting to see her expand upon the themes of her short work in a novel. I'm always thinking about how we read things and have been taught to read things and Silko is a master of reinterpreting events through a lens of Pueblo mythology, ecology, politics, and religion. Reinterpreting and rereading is a necessary first step to the direct work necessary for the abolition of settler colonialism and capitalism.

Her writing is also top notch. Immensely vivid and piercing without being overdone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Racism

Moderate: Alcohol

b0ygenius's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Cursing, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Alcohol, Medical trauma, Murder, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Blood, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and War

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, and Misogyny

Minor: Gun violence and Car accident

lynnannwalsh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Racial slurs, Colonisation, Physical abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, and Mental illness

readingpicnic's review

adventurous hopeful reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Torture, War, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Forced institutionalization and Racism

audreybrown's review

challenging 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? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Death