Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Careless by Kirsty Capes

9 reviews

emilyrowanstudio's review against another edition

challenging hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

3.0

I went into this with high hopes, it had been on my to-read list for years, but it just didn't do it for me.
The first 140 pages were a slog to get through. They were setting the scene for what was to come but I found the characterisation lacking and feel it really could have been distilled down to about 50 pages.

I very nearly gave up and was prepared not to finish this, but it got very bleak very quickly and I tore through the final 180 pages in little over 24 hours. This story, of a 15 year old child in care who gets pregnant by someone older, should come with every trigger warning under the sun. Everything our protagonist, Bess, goes through is truly heartbreaking, but I found the way the story was told to be lacking for such a heavy subject matter.
Then again, our narrator is 15 years old, and the storytelling feels like it, which I guess it should.  I laughed and winced and really felt for Bess, but overall this read was just okay. I'd have preferred it if it was half the length, concentrated on the emotions, and left out the unecessary side-plots. But maybe that's just my style.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Excrement, Bullying, Death of parent, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Blood, Grief, Child abuse, Racism, Suicide, Sexual assault, Islamophobia, Abortion, Sexual content, Self harm, Rape, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Car accident, Alcohol, and Body shaming

bethhreads's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Abortion, and Alcohol

Moderate: Islamophobia, Child abuse, Vomit, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Hate crime, and Rape

lauraevelyn's review

dark sad medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Bullying, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Medical content, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Vomit, Rape, and Body shaming

lauradvb's review

emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Alcohol

linguaphile412'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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Abortion, Sexual assault, Blood, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Miscarriage, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Self harm, Suicide, Medical content, and Alcohol

absolutive's review

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit

Moderate: Alcohol, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Islamophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Abortion, and Adult/minor relationship

heidi_boo's review

challenging emotional slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Abortion, and Racism

alisonannk's review

emotional funny informative inspiring sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicide, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, Suicide, Rape, Racism, Racial slurs, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Infertility, and Drug use

Minor: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Grief, Alcohol, and Addiction

ladymirtazapine's review

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Abortion, Medical trauma, Medical content, Alcohol, Suicide, Vomit, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Self harm, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Child abuse, Bullying, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, and Abandonment