Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory: Stories by Raphael Bob-Waksberg

20 reviews

rossandhissandwich's review

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Cancer

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

itszosia's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer and Chronic illness

dietdeitz's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

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

3.75

An uproarious collection of short stories about love, the book is a thoroughly enjoyable (if sometimes depressing) time. Bob-Waksberg understands that being in love is a complicated affair be it platonic, romantic, dog to human, or human to President monster. A majority of the stories are wonderful, perfectly balancing humor and insight through some truly creative premises that keep everything refreshing and engaging. There are one or two larger stories that stumble and stray too far into the bizarre, but the best ones will be in my thoughts for quite a while. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism and Animal death

Minor: Cancer and Death

Both alcoholism and animal death are baked in the premise of stories —

superheroes who can only be powerful when drunk and debate about how many goats to sacrifice for a cult wedding.

They are done in a smart and provocative way to explore a deeper theme, but the content may not be for everyone.

arieslofi's review

dark funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

faves : a most blessed and auspicious occasion, lunch with the person who dumped you, rules for taboo, you want to know what plays are like?, up-and-comers
some really good ones, some that just felt rushed despite interesting, and some where they give me a sense of pretentious i don't rly enjoy lol over all fun tho, i liked it for the most part

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Alcoholism

Moderate: Cancer

jayisreading's review against another edition

emotional funny fast-paced

4.5

This was such a delightful collection of short stories, though I also recognize that Bob-Waksberg, the creator of BoJack Horseman, has a particular sense of humor that won’t work for everyone. In other words, if you’re a fan of the television show, this will definitely be up your alley. If not, you may want to skip this one.

Much like BoJack Horseman, the characters and situations in each story were so flawed due to people being... well, people. It was also interesting to see the slight shifts in writing style for some stories (nothing revolutionary), which added to the unique perspective that each story brought. As humorous as many of these stories were, there was always a bittersweet (often leaning more towards bitter) feeling that lingered.

I listened to the audiobook alongside reading the book, especially after seeing that the cast of narrators included quite a few voice actors/actresses who appeared in the show. They brought so much life to each story and I think made the book even more enjoyable for me. Like any short story collection, some stories were a little duller than others, but again, I think the audiobook really saved those less interesting ones, and highly recommend listening to it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Death, Addiction, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cancer, Grief, and Suicide

zannayo's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

Absurdist sentimentality in short stories that sometimes lends to deeply vulnerable social commentary, but just as often falls flat. A bit of a mixed bag, though none that were actually bad - though, only a few that were actually good. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Drug use, Death, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

nataliapassos's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Cursing

Moderate: Addiction, Death, and Drug abuse

Minor: Grief

liilykke's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

I really liked the stories:  Lunch with the Person Who Dumped You, rufus , Rules for Taboo, Move Across the Country and You Want to Know What Plays Are Like?
The author has a really unique voice and every story is completely different. I thought some dragged a bit too long.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism and Vomit

Minor: Suicide and Cancer

voxelbee's review

dark funny lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism and Death

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Grief, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, and Violence

link3's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

5.0

an absolute delight of a collection.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer and Alcoholism

Minor: Infidelity and Violence