Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Yksi meistä on seuraava by Inka Parpola, Karen M. McManus

108 reviews

milfs4lifersss's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

lucytoo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Sexual assault, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Suicide, Vomit, Mass/school shootings, Fire/Fire injury, and Outing

hopevigilshuck's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death, Suicide, and Death of parent

caitlin_cain's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Death, Physical abuse, Stalking, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

hannah__12's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

This book is absolutely amazing. I could not stop reading it!

I totally thought that it was Phoebe behind everything since she was so adamant about Maeve not looking at the revenge forums. I was very surprised to find out it was Emma (her older sister). Then I found out it was Owen!?!? By the last chapter, I was sure that the plot twists were over so I was not prepared to find that out. I wonder if anyone else will find out that it was Owen that continued the messages.

This book has a lot of great twists and turns.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, and Vomit

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

ghostyv's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol

elephant_girl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? N/A

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Mental illness, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicide

larabezzina's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Vomit, Stalking, and Alcohol

readwithde's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

I absolutely tore through this book, and as much as I loved the main characters, I didn't like the mystery, or, to be fair, several mysteries that happened to be connected.

There was the Truth or Dare game,

the Intense Guy, the threats for Eli, and then the personal problems (Knox's family life and love life, Maeve's leukemia possibly returning, Phoebe's dad's death).

When you add in the other people at school, the cameos of the Bayside Four, and all the other side characters, it was quite overwhelming. 

I feel like the answer to the mysteries was a bit convoluted and trite. The fact that the ending was a bit vague and cut off makes it even worse; there are no answers about what happens next, what happens to their lives, which for me was a big plus in the first book.

Overall, worth reading for the amazing characters and world, but not for the actual mystery.

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Medical content, Stalking, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Sexual content, Violence, and Murder

witcheslovingwitches's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Sexual assault, and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexism, Vomit, Medical content, and Alcohol