Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

How Lucky by Will Leitch

5 reviews

ctruett's review against another edition

funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.0

Overall, I enjoyed the book but I feel like the book had too much “fluff” and could have been wrapped up a lot quicker than it was. I did learn a lot about SMA so I did enjoy that aspect. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, Cancer, Ableism, Blood, Kidnapping, and Terminal illness

julied's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative lighthearted 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? No

3.0

Enjoyed the plot and learning about SMA. Some elements were problematic enough to take away from really enjoying as much as I would have liked. Three biggest issues for me were the fact that this isn't own voice (obvious from page one and my bad for not researching that before I purchased), virtue signaling, and some ridiculously convenient plot points. I finished it though because I really liked Daniel, Travis, and Marjani and cared about finding out what happened. Makes it hard to figure out what to rate it overall.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Alcohol, Drug use, Blood, Ableism, Chronic illness, and Medical content

voxelbee's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Medical content

Moderate: Death, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Ableism, Blood, Terminal illness, and Violence

Minor: Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, Cursing, Alcohol, Confinement, Grief, Gun violence, and Death of parent

corar's review against another edition

informative inspiring lighthearted medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Kidnapping, and Medical content

Minor: Death of parent, Drug use, and Alcohol

wai's review against another edition

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? Yes

3.0

I was a bit conflicted about this book - I really enjoyed it and thought it was well written, I love the voices of the characters and found the relationships in it so charming and real. But at the same time I wish it was written by someone who actually experiences this, and I feel like this is a bit of an idealized version of it. I would be interested in the opinion of this book from someone with this condition or something similar. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Confinement, Chronic illness, Medical content, Stalking, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Cancer, Death, and Alcohol