Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Sauvage by Jane Harper

9 reviews

vaudevillianveteran's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

It's the second book in the Aaron Falk detective series, the first *The Dry* I read here for a BR last year and I really love this character and the way that Jane Harper writes. 
Typically her way of writing mysteries are much more 'story' based than the reader trying to work it out themselves if that makes sense? You're going along with Falk's pace of working things out rather than it being a shared mystery but with the nature of how her stories go (usually connected to Falk) that really works here, imo. 
If you like human drama heavy mysteries set in the more rural and wild parts of Australia, I can't recommend Jane Harper enough - her newest book, Exiles came out this year and I'll be reading that soon too 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, and Suicide attempt

oakleys_readinglist's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Cursing, and Death

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

cassienolan's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Couldn’t put this down and read it in one night. It wasn’t mind blowing but I was kept guessing until the end. Didn’t love as much as ‘The Dry’, but another good read by Jane Harper!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Bullying, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, and Grief

Moderate: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Sexual harassment

nimeneth's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide attempt, Bullying, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, and Eating disorder

meliroo's review against another edition

mysterious

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Eating disorder, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Suicide attempt, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Blood, and Bullying

popsicleplease's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Abortion, Eating disorder, Sexual harassment, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcoholism

samster's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The pace builds as the plot progresses. Split pov, but didn't give spoilers.

Five women go on a multi-day hike team building exercise from work, only 4 come out of the wilderness. While search and rescue try to find her, in an area where memories of a serial killer have not yet faded, the women's relationships are looked into in more detail. Why did Alice go off on her own? Is the serial killer's son still at large in the area? 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Body shaming

Minor: Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Murder, and Vomit

manola's review against another edition

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: Death of parent and Death

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, and Sexual assault

apeck's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Murder, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, and Eating disorder

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Pregnancy, and Abortion