Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

7 reviews

k_shimer's review

challenging emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

One of my favorite books of all time. It’s the book that truly sparked my love of reading (as a child). Ellen Raskin truly wrote the perfect book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Suicide

Minor: Medical content, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Dementia, Alcoholism, Blood, and Death of parent

bites_of_books's review against another edition

challenging mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

The mystery itself is quite interesting but I couldn't help but be distracted by the confusing writing and the racist and ableist language used. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Medical content, Alcoholism, Ableism, Murder, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Racism, Suicide, Bullying, Chronic illness, Grief, and Sexism

m_parker9612's review

funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Murder, Death, and Alcoholism

nota_candycaine's review

adventurous challenging funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Ableism, Sexism, and Racism

Moderate: Classism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Blood

Minor: Self harm and Suicide

rey_reads's review

funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

Despite being a children's book, this is much better written than most YA fiction currently on the market. Quite fast paced and an easy read, so was good to get me out of a reading slump. 
There's a lot of characters, but I felt they were all reasonably well developed - mostly focusing on the viewpoint of certain characters helped. I ended up so attached to them that the ending made me quite sad, which was particularly impressive as this book is only about 200 pages long.
The plot was very clever; I was able to figure out some elements before they were revealed, but there were enough twists that I remained invested until the end. I don't think I would've been able to predict the final plot twist, but it did make me re-evaluate the way I'd viewed certain characters throughout the book; I think the reader is successfully mislead in places.
Definitely an enjoyable read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Racism, Misogyny, and Xenophobia

Minor: Suicide and Alcoholism

odrib's review

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Ableism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Body shaming, and Antisemitism

Minor: Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Suicide, Death, and Child death

sarahkate22's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• 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 and Death

Minor: Alcoholism, Antisemitism, and Racism