Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

The Rearranged Life of Oona Lockhart by Margarita Montimore

26 reviews

sgenna's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, and Death

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Car accident, Death of parent, Transphobia, Drug use, Grief, Sexual content, Drug abuse, and Fatphobia

cwallace1005's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

 I wanted so much more 😭 in the best way!

In reading other reviews, I can absolutely see why others didn't like Oona, but I loved her. I just found myself empathizing so much with her. I remember how hard it feels to be 19, and to imagine how it feels to be 19/20/21 and jumping around to different years of your life, where you're in a much older body and have the complications of adulthood without the experience. Whew. It was a ride being with Oona and I would have read 3x the number of pages to see more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Alcohol and Death

Minor: Cancer, Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Violence

courtwj's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Alcohol, Drug use, Death, Cancer, and Infidelity

kjm_x's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Cancer, Death, Grief, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Infidelity, Alcohol, Car accident, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, and Suicidal thoughts

ksuazo94's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Homophobia, and Transphobia

Moderate: Death of parent and Addiction

Minor: Alcohol and Drug abuse

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

4.75

Truly enthralling concept and execution. I feel like it's a really good exploration of what it means to be kind to yourself in all iterations, past, present, and future. Knocking off a quarter star because the author does the thing where she only describes a character's race if they are nonwhite, which is annoying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Grief, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Hate crime

Moderate: Fatphobia, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Medical content, Cancer, Xenophobia, Sexual content, and Cursing

Minor: Violence, War, Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, Transphobia, Gun violence, and Homophobia

bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition

hopeful 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Sexual content, Alcohol, Infidelity, Drug use, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Transphobia and Pregnancy

corriejn's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Transphobia, Violence, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Drug use, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

Moderate: Infidelity, Cancer, Abandonment, Fatphobia, and Grief

Minor: Alcoholism, Addiction, Car accident, and Homophobia

lisakate1126's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

4.75

I absolutely LOVED this book! I love the premise (different from any book I’ve read before), and it was a great story all around. I wish the book could have gone on and on so we can see more of Oona’s life! Would read more of this author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

imogenthemog's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

3.25

While the book is thoroughly enjoyable, with good character development, twists and turns, and settings that are easy to visualise, there are issues. Some may find the actions and thoughts of the main character, Oona, quite frustrating. Also, some of the pacing is a bit off, too long focussed on one topic and not enough time focussed on another, for example.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Car accident, and Death

Minor: Transphobia