Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Morning Star by Pierce Brown

9 reviews

linneak's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Genocide, Kidnapping, Medical content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, War, Murder, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Toxic friendship, Classism, Violence, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Sexism, Pregnancy, Cannibalism, Child death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Misogyny

meridith_bex's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Slavery, Gore, Confinement, Blood, Death, War, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Classism and Colonisation

Minor: Death of parent, Suicide, Alcohol, Vomit, and Cursing

reddeddy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Gore, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, Xenophobia, Death of parent, War, Abandonment, Blood, Death, Genocide, Self harm, Body horror, and Cursing

Moderate: Hate crime, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Torture, Alcohol, Drug use, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Body shaming, Bullying, and Dysphoria

Minor: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Vomit, Excrement, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Racism, Cannibalism, and Racial slurs

theintrovertsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Suicide, Mass/school shootings, Gore, Death, Confinement, Classism, Torture, Self harm, War, Kidnapping, Blood, Cursing, Body horror, and Violence

Moderate: Trafficking, Racism, Alcohol, Slavery, Medical trauma, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Cannibalism, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Child death

Minor: Excrement, Drug use, Abandonment, Sexual assault, Rape, Pregnancy, Colonisation, Grief, Infidelity, Hate crime, Genocide, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, and Vomit

hapalyn's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Medical content, Body horror, Blood, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, and War

Moderate: Alcohol and Fire/Fire injury

jpw's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful tense fast-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

2.0

With the third book, I found the structure and style becoming tedious. The continued cycle of 'triumph, betrayal, hopelessness, clever triumph, repeat' didn't hook me. Meticulously detailed sequences leave nothing to the imagination, making the multiple battle and torture sequences exhausting. The crassness of multiple charcters is cartoonish and grating, as the same bits play out in the same way for a thind book in a row. Ultimately the vision of revolution is interesting but the journey to get there is less so

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Gore, Violence, War, Alcohol, Classism, Colonisation, and Murder

Minor: Genocide, Slavery, and Sexual violence

luxxltyd's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, Violence, Vomit, War, Death, Genocide, Gore, Grief, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Self harm

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

lemonwrlds's review

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Death, Murder, War, Police brutality, Grief, Toxic friendship, Torture, Sexual content, Slavery, Cannibalism, Body horror, Racism, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Classism, Colonisation, Blood, Animal death, Alcohol, and Abandonment

grets_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

Scifi and dystopia isn't really my thing and I didn't think I was that into this series... Until I couldn't stop listening. 

It kept me engaged and guessing the whole time - just when I thought I knew where it was going, it would go in a completely different direction (but in a completely plausible way). 
I'm fairly certain that a large part of my enjoyment was due to how well the audiobook was narrated. Would definitely recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Suicide, Physical abuse, Grief, Genocide, Police brutality, Murder, Kidnapping, Classism, and Confinement

Minor: Excrement, Cannibalism, Alcohol, Slavery, and Vomit