Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

13 reviews

fkshg8465's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

5.0

I used to say that all the answers to the unanswered questions in life would become to me in death. Reading this book makes new wonder about that again. What a unique perspective the child lived with, and what a sad life she was forced into. This is the kind of book I’ll be thinking about for a long time after.

If your version has an afterword, it’s worth reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Dementia, Grief, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

_meganrose's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

This is unlike anything I have ever read. Dark. Mysterious. Chilling. Tragic. I am normally not the biggest fan of dystopian novels, but I really enjoyed this read. Only complaint is the chapters are sooooo long. Wish it would have been divided up a bit more into shorter chapters with all of the same content.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Gore, Self harm, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

poirot's review

emotional reflective sad medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Police brutality, Kidnapping, and Grief

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Alcohol

jess_orjess's review

reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

This book was a lot more enjoyable than I imagine, even despite the fact the

second half of it was centered around nomadic journeys, and eventually the acceptance that simply nobody will be found, nor will she experience anything different.

I like the pacing; it was complicated for me to explain, as at some points, it was fast and skipped periods of several years, and at other points, it was slow. The lack of action, however, made the majority of it feel slow. 

I also liked the philosophical ramblings, the irony of the end, the dwindle of hope present. 

I’ve only rated it 3.75 simply because there truly wasn’t a lot of anything in the book, which was the point I know! But still, you go in expecting a great forest of adventure adventure, and find only green grass and shrubs.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, and Grief

Minor: Physical abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

alyssapusateri's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Suicide, and Blood

Moderate: Cancer, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Excrement, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Drug use, Dementia, and Alcohol

mandareads222's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Infertility, Suicide, Kidnapping, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Violence and Alcohol

juli161's review

dark mysterious 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? N/A

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Murder, Abandonment, and Alcohol

linneak's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Confinement, Sexual content, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Gun violence and Alcohol

gabbynasty's review

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Infertility, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Abandonment, and Alcohol

paulinelluise's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I thought she would be able to tell us what was going on, I want to know :(

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Infertility, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail