Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis

22 reviews

jj0's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

Amazing. I sobbed my eyes out. Make sure to check trigger warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Emotional abuse, Murder, Sexual assault, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, Abandonment, and Vomit

myworldtoread's review

dark reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexism, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Cursing, Drug use, and Rape

booksofautumn's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Body horror, Bullying, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Rape, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

carolinacortez's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

okay, no me mal entiendan creo que este libro es increible, si tienes entre 16-19 años, por eso le di la cantidad de estrellas que le di. Alex es una fuerza del universo ideal para personas de esa edad, muestra lo que es una sororidad, lo que es estar de verdad para tus amigas, lo que es SER UNA AMIGA, es un libro muy oscuro y fuerte en cuanto a acoso y abuso sexual, empieza con un asesinato y a partir de ahí la violencia no disminuye, pero creo que la autora lo hiso de muy buena manera, nunca llegue a odiar o no estar de acuerdo con las acciones que tomaba Alex, de hecho creo que es una heroina, creo que lo que menos me gustó fue la relación romántica entre Alex y Jack, yo me hubiera enfocado aún más en a relación entre Claire.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Cursing, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, and Infidelity

Minor: Torture

faithfullymoonstruck's review against another edition

challenging dark funny medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Murder, Rape, and Violence

Minor: Vomit, Pedophilia, Fire/Fire injury, and Cursing

ximradletshuggx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Toxic friendship and Toxic relationship

kait907's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Sexual assault, and Death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Violence, and Animal death

Minor: Pedophilia, Alcohol, and Blood

melissavb's review

dark emotional fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Death, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

glowworms's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

a similar book that is also super good is "what girls are made of" it has similar themes of sexuality, teenage girlhood, complex characters, and violence and it also contains a dog shelter subplot specifically. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Torture

Moderate: Drug use and Pedophilia

Minor: Car accident

sarhslbr's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

my literal favourite book it’s so good 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Sexual violence