Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Feast by Emily O'Grady

2 reviews

carlytenille's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Stalking, and Dementia

liesthemoontells's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Beautifully written, disturbing portrait of a dark, fractured family full of secrets. 

The glimpses of humanity given to each character despite their awfulness is a testament to the author's talent, as is the way that the tangle of secrets slowly unravels throughout the narrative.

The prose dragged a little at times, and the book is relentlessly bleak - I can't say whether I enjoyed it or not - but it's a short read if you are looking for something dark and punchy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Stalking, Vomit, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Terminal illness, Torture, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Medical trauma, Self harm, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Dysphoria, Abortion, and Toxic friendship