Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman

126 reviews

lykkerol's review against another edition

challenging emotional lighthearted sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Vomit

fishindices's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

robinskye28's review against another edition

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

2.0

As much as I love Alice Oseman, this one was not it. Too many plot lines that are all sorta half finished. Very slow paced until the last 100 pages where suddenly everything is happening (very chaotic and hard to follow). Ending seemed rather unexplained? Angel confused me - one minute she is presenting as the very stereotypical fangirl (whole chapter talking about how The Ark is like a "faith" and "despite everything in the world being terrible, we choose to stand by The Ark") but the next she is 'not like the others'. Would have liked more background/info on Juliet and Bliss as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Medical content, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Dysphoria

*Grandparent not parent MC has anxiety/panic attacks

sistinem24's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted sad slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Alcohol

Moderate: Transphobia

alsira98's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, and Alcohol

danilo_syrtis's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Cursing

cecilielaugesen's review against another edition

challenging dark funny hopeful sad medium-paced

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

3.0

I’m having a hard time reviewing this book, because even though there were things I didn’t like, I overall enjoyed the book.
Things I did not like:
1. I thought the plot was weird, and at times it made me a little uncomfortable…
2. Some of the characters!
3. While I liked that it deals with some bigger topics such as identity and mental health, I did not like how it felt glossed over.

It was basically every page that had some variation of “I hate myself so much I don’t want to be alive”, and at no point did they actually address it properly.

Also would definitely recommend checking the trigger warnings before reading:)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Alcoholism and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Eating disorder, Blood, Stalking, Outing, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

acesiever's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Pedophilia

pkc's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Transphobia, and Alcohol

ross_emm's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

3.5

I liked the plot/setup of this book, the characters are what threw me off a little. They feel very wattpad esque and gives me y/n fanfic vibes, but i still had a good time reading it. Definitely gave me some second hand embarrassment .. repeatedly 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol

Moderate: Blood and Medical content