Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Pandora by Susan Stokes-Chapman

6 reviews

bubblegirl858's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

3.0

Overall, a really well written story and a great twist on the Pandora story. I really enjoyed reading it and would probably read it again. The characters are a range of boring, interesting, valiant and villainous, as well as selfish and selfless which balances the book really well. I will say if you are squeamish at all about injuries and descriptions of that sort to steer clear of this book. Hermes was my favorite character.

The entire time whenever Edward interacted with Cornelius I literally screamed out "He is in love with you, you moron!" because it was painfully obvious to everyone except the literal straight white man which was both hilarious and heartbreaking. Speaking of heartbreaking, Hermes' being killed was the absolute worst thing I had to read, and I was so upset. I will never recover.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death, Sexism, Animal death, and Death of parent

allapaz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

wow solid atmospheric spooky historical thrilling mayhem madness, I thoroughly enjoyed the jaunt through Georgian London, lest the actually repulsive bits (though beautifully written!)

also, pour one out for our feathered friend Hermes

A solid read, a cool historical take on the mythic retellings move

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content and Sexual assault

gondorgirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Animal death, and Gore

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, Alcoholism, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

emma3674's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Great book, took some time to get interesting but very unputdownable towards the end, loved the story and the mystery involved

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Violence, Vomit, Animal death, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

heather_freshparchment's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Death of parent, and Alcoholism

Minor: Physical abuse, Confinement, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Vomit

grex_ronnie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

2.5

Avrei preferito mettere un 2, ma aggiungo anche un 0.5 in quanto l’ idea della trama è buona.  Un bel mistero, dei bei intrecci per risolverlo, ma… il resto non va bene.

La scrittura è semplice, quasi poco editata, lascia molto a desiderare soprattutto dato che si rifà ad un parlato storico. I dialoghi a volte non sono credibili, sanno di moderno. I personaggi hanno mentalità del tutto moderne, le loro azioni sono spesso e volentieri date dall’ “istinto” ma in realtà è semplice bisogno di trama.
Le relazioni sono poco approfondite, hanno tutti i cliché del caso, simile ad una fan fiction basica.
È un primo tentativo, ma ancora troppo scialbo. Si poteva fare di meglio con la trama che si aveva in mente. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, and Death