Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

12 reviews

helenafaustina's review against another edition

challenging dark informative inspiring tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I really enjoyed this! I think it’s underrated, as I’ve always heard that it’s long, slow, and boring, but I found the plot to be really interesting and the characters really awesome. And I love Dickens’s writing, especially with the occasional clever quips and the way he illustrates someone’s character so well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Violence, Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Classism

Moderate: Gun violence, Death of parent, Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Genocide, Medical content, Child death, and Physical abuse

Minor: Torture, Sexual violence, Rape, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Cursing

Nothing is inappropriate, but should be for a more mature audience, good for high school.

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

At first, the regular repetition of phrases was a bit jarring, but then it grew on me.  There was also a lull in the middle where it dragged but the last third of the book was positively action packed with everything coming to fruition.

Cry count: 2

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gun violence, Infidelity, Child abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Self harm, Torture, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, War, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Racism, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Confinement, Death, Grief, Misogyny, Sexism, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Blood, Child death, Classism, Genocide, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Violence

millie_eevee's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, War, Gore, Drug use, Mental illness, Death, and Violence

Minor: Gun violence

soph22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

It broke my heart. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Suicide

ayphyx's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Child death, and Classism

quixie's review

challenging dark informative slow-paced

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

4.0

The opening and closing lines of this novel are just incredible, so is the plot. The prose was bit hard to get through, and I didn’t connect much with the characters. Also, I felt that the book could have been 1/3 shorter. There were several ghastly scenes that made me audibly gasp and I learned a lot about the French Revolution. Overall, incredible book, just a little difficult to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Child death, Gore, and Gun violence

Minor: Alcohol

andrea1975's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Alcohol

rossiell's review

emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Alcohol, and Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism, Slavery, Violence, Mental illness, and Child death

Minor: Confinement, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Murder, Death of parent, and Dementia

quills4days's review

adventurous slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Genocide, Hate crime, Murder, Torture, Death, War, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide, Abandonment, Blood, Confinement, Grief, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Death of parent and Alcohol

annapox's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.75

2 stars for the first half; 3.5 stars for the second half.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Violence, Blood, Alcoholism, Classism, Confinement, Mental illness, Death, Medical content, Addiction, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Gun violence, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Gore, Pregnancy, Rape, Cursing, and Death of parent