Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott, Alyson Derrick

109 reviews

xabbeylongx's review

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

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

4.0

Spoilers Ahead: 

This book is a massive slow-burner, but I’m really into it? It started off really slow, and I almost thought I wouldn’t be able to finish it, but I’m so glad I managed to continue on with it. 

We follow Alex and Molly as they meet. Molly has been pining after this girl, Cora, since she first met her. Molly has crippling anxiety, and, therefore, Cora doesn’t know she exists. As they move into the same college, and Alex rocks up at one of the parties, only to find out that Cora is actually very attracted to her, Molly isn’t a massive fan of Alex, especially when she embarrasses her in front of everyone. 

Alex, however, has her own problems; her mum is a drunk, spending all of her - and Alex’s - money on alcohol, and her ‘girlfriend’ - I use the term loosely - thinks that she can’t take relationships seriously. She’s about to go on tour, and she makes a deal that if Alex can stay faithful and not flirt, then their love can be rekindled. 

Alex and Molly re thrown together when Alex finds out about Molly’s secret crush. She agrees to help her ‘get’ Cora, and by doing so, she is also showing her ‘girlfriend’ that she can be a good person. 

Alex compiles a plan, and ends up being a mentor for Molly on dates. However, as they start spending time with each other, they realise that maybe this isn’t what they want. Molly realises that she stopped liking Cora like that, and Alex realised that she deserves better than her controlling girlfriend, and they end up getting together. 

The romance between Molly and Alex is so sweet. In the beginning, I wasn’t rooting for them, and even though I knew they would end up getting together, I thought they were way too different. Even now, it sort of feels quite unrealistic that they ended up together, purely just because of how much their personalities clash, but I respect it. 

The characters themselves were okay, although I think it would have helped if I had liked them a bit more. Molly actually infuriated me. She made most of her obstacles for herself, the only one who was actually putting them up. I sympathise, I have been known to be anxious for a while - most of my life, actually - but come on. There’s being anxious, and then having no common sense and blaming anxiety. They were very quick to throw down diagnosis after diagnosis here. However, I do like the similarities, as well as the differences, between the two women, especially with the problems they face with their mothers: the internal racism and the alcoholism. I thought it was very cool! A very pleasant read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Racism, and Alcohol

angelajchan's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

ekgranstro's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-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: Racism, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, and Abandonment

Minor: Sexual content

Main character’s mother gets into a car accident from DUI

fernash's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Addiction

Moderate: Car accident, Xenophobia, Racism, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Drug abuse and Sexual content

torismazarine's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Alcohol, and Child abuse

nightworldlove's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.5

Definitely really enjoyed this one! The narrators did a great job in my opinion, they did distinct voices for the different characters and the pacing was done well too.

The story was good and definitely made me invested in the (main) characters and the development. Binged it in nearly one go, because I couldn't hit pause except for sleep ;p 
Would certainly recommend this to others, with the recommendation to check the content warnings first.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, and Gaslighting

Minor: Emotional abuse, Car accident, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Vomit

briaranne's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Mental illness, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Minor: Car accident and Xenophobia

lkristin2018's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted reflective 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? No

4.0

This is an adorable coming of age LGTBQ+ love story between two college freshmen. Both protagonists are dealing with various challenges from their pasts, and both learn to value themselves for who they truly are rather than who they think they should be.  

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Racism, and Xenophobia

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Sexual content, and Car accident

cats33's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Car accident, Abandonment, Mental illness, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Vomit, Bullying, Drug abuse, and Grief

crieraylas's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing 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

4.0

this was so cute and i need a hundred more books of molly and alex being cute together !!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Racism, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Car accident and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use and Drug abuse