Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

A Lesson in Thorns by Sierra Simone

3 reviews

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

4.0

emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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   This book was great, but I wish it were in first-person POV. The POV made it harder for me to like the characters. Most, but not all of them, were likable. 

     And wow, it did get smutty at the end. LOL, but I guess that'll happen when almost everyone wants to screw each other. I'll have to ask someone about the accuracy of the BDSM elements, but from what I know, it was pretty accurate on those counts. 

Narrator Rating: 3.0 stars

     I didn't care for the narrator, which most likely lowered my overall book rating slightly. They did an excellent job with voices, but something about Poe's voice just irritated me, and she was the main POV. 


 

Elements 

Heartfelt-  💔 💔 💔 
Horror-N/A
Love aka Romance- 💋 💋 
Predictability- 🔮  🔮  🔮 

Spice-  🌶  🌶  🌶  🌶  & 1/4
Tear- 😭  😭 
Thrill- 1/2 of a 😲 
Humor- N/A

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Classism

Moderate: Cursing, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Fatphobia, Racism

lynnedew's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent

Moderate: Blood, Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Rape, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

roseamillerg's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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: No

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such beautiful writing. 
my only qualm is the that the mystery plot was abandoned early on and didn’t return until the very end. (not a HUGE deal bc I wasn’t reading it for that lmao). 

update: Im reading the sequel and the mystery is definitely developing further! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders