Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Five Survive by Holly Jackson

94 reviews

annamwallace66's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

echo_chamber's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism and Infidelity

dogearedbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

The ending is very similar to a Good Girls Guide tk Murder. Like the parent of the best friend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Infidelity

cecilie_allison's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

annaae's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

insidious_toxins's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

emmaroe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

sara824's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Death of parent

ashbay2424's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Alcoholism

pikkumarja's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Wow! Holly Jackson is truly one of the greatest ya writers! This one was amazing, the tension and the anxiety when reading were very real.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Alcoholism