Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

22 reviews

sskalon's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

2.0

If this were a fanfiction, I would have spared it. 
Instead, it is a dully published book, with the writing of a middle grader, and insufferable main character.
I liked the idea, though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Alcohol, Death, Physical abuse, Slavery, Vomit, Violence, Alcoholism, Animal death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Torture

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Physical abuse, Violence, Vomit, Body horror, Bullying, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Animal death, Murder, Self harm, Slavery, Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Cursing, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Torture

fullybookedlola's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book was so so so good! Immediately five stars! Got me hooked from the first chapter until the last one. The writing, the plottwists, everything was good. Sometimes cliché, but good. Definitely a reread at some point, but now onto the second one. Will be probably also a rollercoaster of emotions as I felt the last pages, last chapters. Cry, happy, cry, happy. But let's figure that out!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Violence, Suicide attempt, Torture, Slavery, Murder, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Body horror, and Grief

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, and War

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

0.25

The main character is impossibly bland and frustrating. She is put through countless toxic or downright abusive situations. Both potential love interests are toxic and abusive. Her family is neglectful and abusive. This classifies, at best, as a dark romance. If you are already unimpressed by the offerings of that genre you will not have a good time reading this. The first sixty percent of the book is boring and toxic. After that it is no longer as boring but triple toxic.  
The audiobook narrator does good with the material she is given but this is definitely not a tale for me. People say the next book is better and this is the worst book in the series but I am not giving this author a second chance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Animal death, Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Slavery, Death, Sexual content, Confinement, Vomit, Gaslighting, Rape, Bullying, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Grief, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism

Moderate: War, Death of parent, Body shaming, Body horror, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Cursing, and Classism

math5475's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Torture, Alcohol, Genocide, Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Vomit, Death, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Sexual content, Cursing, Drug use, and War

jenna_justi2004's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Chronic illness, Classism, Confinement, Gore, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Torture, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Blood, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

planetshelf's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Confinement, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Grief, Animal death, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Gaslighting, and Kidnapping

Minor: Child death, Torture, and Vomit

amelisan's review against another edition

adventurous dark relaxing medium-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Murder, War, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Sexual violence, Vomit, Drug abuse, and Drug use

unsuccessfulbookclub's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Excrement, Gaslighting, Vomit, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual assault, Gore, War, Blood, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, Genocide, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Confinement, Death, and Death of parent

amyhamilton's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment, Torture, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Violence