Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Die Bestimmung by Veronica Roth

27 reviews

midnacine's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I'd been enthralled with this in high school but returning to it as an adult is... interesting. I didn't care about Tris the entire book, and found myself only invested when the story involved Four. The writing felt contrived and a lot of the concept was just really cringey, especially with Tris not knowing what the word Divergent meant for two-thirds of the book. World building was nice though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death, Murder, Violence, Bullying, Blood, Child death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Medical content, Kidnapping, Body horror, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Child abuse, and Genocide

Minor: Vomit, Alcohol, War, Grief, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

duchess16's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

5.0

I absolutely loved this book! I read 427 pages in ONE day and finished the book, that's how much I loved it. Would recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Suicide, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Grief, Sexual harassment, Death, Confinement, Sexual content, Torture, and Vomit

Minor: Alcohol

beeherondale21's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, Gun violence, and Blood

Minor: Vomit, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Suicide, and Sexual assault

ravenclaw_percabeth's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Sexual assault, Blood, Sexual violence, and Suicide

Minor: Alcohol, Grief, Body shaming, and Classism

gracemacdonald94's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.5

Bleugh. While I thought I might like the plot and dystopian setting, I found the teen romance really gross and drawn out and I also found the amount of violence (including sexual violence, abuse, and self-inflicted violence) toooo much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Mass/school shootings, Vomit, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Child abuse, War, Murder, Toxic friendship, Violence, Sexual violence, Death of parent, and Alcohol

stephmorrisbyatt's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, War, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Suicide, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content and Child abuse

embla_v's review against another edition

adventurous

4.5

En bra dystopisk ya bok. Jag tyckte den var bra och kommer definitivt fortsätta läsa trilogin. 

Det handlar om Beatrice som precis som alla andra sextonåringar måste välja falang. Ska hon stanna hos de osjälviska eller byta till de tappra, de lärda, de ärliga eller de fridfullt? 

Beatrice får möta många utmaningar i det dystopisk Chicago men är ändå en tjej man kan relatera till. Bra karaktärer, bra handling och bra skriven, en bok jag kan rekommendera alla som vill ha en dystopi för åldern unga vuxna (young adult). 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Kidnapping, Violence, Gun violence, Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Suicide

Minor: Alcohol, Child abuse, Medical content, Grief, Sexual assault, and Classism

planetshelf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The Divergent series was built on such an interesting concept and was written well. Veronica Roth is a talented author and has published some of my favorite stories.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, War, Blood, Bullying, Confinement, Body shaming, Genocide, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Alcohol, Medical content, Police brutality, Vomit, and Child death

Minor: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

cassandralarssons's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Violence, Alcohol, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Body shaming, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and War

my3bb8's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Medical trauma, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Bullying, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, and Blood

Moderate: Alcohol and Confinement

Minor: Child abuse, Death of parent, and Miscarriage