Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood

125 reviews

aliteraryescape's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness

Minor: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Sexism, Death of parent

underscoresyd's review against another edition

4.25

funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content, Terminal illness

Minor: Alcoholism, Car accident

memoirsofabooklover's review against another edition

4.0

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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another banger by ali hazelwood. i loved these characters and reading this after just bingeing the queen’s gambit for the first time was the perfect pairing. it was sweet and emotional and funny and enjoyable like all of ali’s books.
the only difference is that there was no spice, it was more of a fade-to-black. which i was initially disappointed by as i enjoy ali’s spice but then i remembered that she wrote the fmc to be 18. 
to be honest i completely forgot until i was reminded, as the way she wrote character felt more early to mid 20s as i related to a lot of what she did and felt and the character wasn’t in school, had a full time job and was the parent of the household so she felt much older than she was. but it didn’t take away from the story at all and i really enjoyed it, even all the chess!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, Car accident, Outing, Alcohol

desana75's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexism, Sexual content, Death of parent

_mariethln's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism

Moderate: Chronic illness, Infidelity, Grief

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

aysha_blake's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Car accident, Alcohol

Minor: Classism

nasuha's review against another edition

3.5

hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I think it's okay and it did get me out of my slump. The ending was a bit rushed and I would like it better if it was not. The concept is kind of "I know you — no, you don't know anything about me" angst yknow.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Misogyny, Sexism, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Abandonment

samchase112's review against another edition

3.5

lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was fun, page-turning, romantic, chess-filled, and filled with coming-of-age goodness — and that’s all I wanted from it! An absolute delight that makes me want to rewatch The Queen’s Gambit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Chronic illness, Sexual content, Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Alcohol

eya_b's review against another edition

4.0

hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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: Complicated

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are all ali hazelwood fmc clueless to men being completely in love with them? homeboy could be confessing his undying love and she'd be like BUT AS A FRIEND RIGHT?

anyway I devoured this book. it felt like it was no longer than 100 pages? ali hazelwood continues to be the only author who can pull me out of a reading slump every singl time (even when it's YA??? which I haven't been able to enjoy in ages).

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism

josoko's review against another edition

4.25

emotional funny

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Death of parent