Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

What You Can See from Here by Mariana Leky

28 reviews

mirireads's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Grief

Minor: Infidelity, Alcoholism, Medical content, Mental illness, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

thomasdj's review

emotional inspiring reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism

sarah_pvd's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Alcoholism and Suicide

linguaphile412's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, and Child abuse

clara_mai's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad

4.0

 Endlich habe ich den legendären Okapi-Roman gelesen und ich wurde nicht enttäuscht. Selten ist eine Geschichte leicht, lustig und tröstend und gleichzeitig sprachlich interessant und tiefgründig, aber Mariana Leky hat genau das geschafft. Die Charaktere sind einfach liebenswert, und es ist beinahe unmöglich, nicht mit ihnen zu fühlen. Nach dem ersten Kapitel aus der Perspektive des Optikers konnte ich nicht anders als weiterzulesen, um herauszufinden, wie es mit ihm und Selma weitergeht. Und ich habe selten über einen so tollen Hund gelesen wie Alaska.

Obwohl ich dazu neige, außergewöhnliche Sprache zu mögen, hat Leky's Schreibstil mich mit seiner Kuriosität nicht von Anfang an überzeugt; nach ungefähr 100 Seiten bin ich aber reingekommen und ab diesem Punkt erschien er mir unglaublich passend zum Inhalt. Und ich fand es oft lustig. Einmal hätte ich sogar fast laut gelacht (Humor in Büchern erreicht mich sonst leider eher selten). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Child death

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, and Child abuse

baffled_mushroom's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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

It's eccentric, sad, joyful, thought-provoking and the characters are real "characters" Wonderful!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Dementia, Suicide attempt, and Terminal illness

Minor: Abandonment

my_plant_library's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted slow-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Child death

Moderate: Grief, Child abuse, Violence, and Dementia

Minor: Alcoholism

paularize's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Child death, and Grief

Minor: Alcoholism and Animal cruelty