Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

One by Sarah Crossan

16 reviews

xabbeylongx's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Spoilers Ahead: 

Wow. This book was absolutely stunning. A fantastic read, very very beautiful. 

We follow Grace, who is one of the conjoined twins, joined at the hip with Tippi. They get told that they have to go to school, a public school, which is their idea of hell. Bu they go, and they meet Yasmeen and Jon. 

Grace quickly falls for Jon, but because of her condition - and also the rule her sister made up - she can’t do anything about it. They have to go through school, and the stares and the name-calling, but at least they have new friends. But when their parents become jobless, they need to leave school - and they’ve already started enjoying it now! 

The twins do something they’ve always vowed not to do, and they sell their lives away to make a documentary, which gets them the money they need to continue going to school. But, when they collapse and wake up in hospital, they know that not everything is okay. 

Grace has a heart condition, and to live, they need to be separated. They don’t want this, but it’s their only chance at surviving. Grace’s chances of surviving are really low, anyway. She manages to get through the surgery, but when she wakes up, Tippi ins’t doing well. She hangs on to see Grace, who then tells her she can go, if she needs to, and Tippi passes away, having hung on enough to see Grace one last time (*sobs*). Grace promised Tippi that she would carry on for her, and that’s what she does. 

I loved everything about this book. Even the spaces between the text, I loved that too. It all contributed to the book, making the gaps between words longer to help the pacing and create tension, and it worked so well. The characters were beautiful, very realistic from a teenage-girl sort of perspective, especially with the two different personalities of Tippi and Grace, and hearing about the reality of conjoined twins, both physically and mentally, was a really big eye-opener, to be honest. I liked being able to learn more about a world that I haven’t experienced. Sobbed when Tippi passed. Especially when Grace told her that she should ‘Go’… absolutely bawling. The whole of this book is just beautifully melancholic, and I love the relationship between the two twins. It’s a must-read!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Bullying, Child death, Eating disorder, Medical content, and Body shaming

katcass's review against another edition

emotional informative sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Grief, and Bullying

Moderate: Bullying and Alcoholism

samcsmith's review

dark emotional hopeful informative 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Eating disorder, Medical content, Terminal illness, Body shaming, Cursing, Ableism, and Alcoholism

annabelreadsandwrites's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Medical trauma

Moderate: Death, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

wishyouweresober's review

emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

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

4.75

I had to read this book for school and I decided to get ahead my schedule, but I just couldn't put it down and read it in one sitting.
The writing was so beautiful and the story itself was just perfect.
(The ending did break my heart into million pieces though)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Grief, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Bullying, Dysphoria, and Cursing

Minor: Eating disorder

ellenisntcool's review

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Death, Ableism, and Alcoholism

froggy_flow3r's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child death, Chronic illness, Drug use, Eating disorder, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Alcoholism

greenlivingaudioworm's review

challenging emotional funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Death, Eating disorder, Ableism, Addiction, Body shaming, Chronic illness, and Grief

lizzy_claries's review

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

oh my fucking god


why why why why why why why why
i felt i hurt i cried i loved i held
this was just WOW
i
wish
i could
read this
for the first time
again


why why why why why why
i knew
what was coming
and yet
it hurt
and yet
i cried
and yet
i was shocked
gosh this book is so underrated!
tikok you better come here and hype this up right now or istg!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Death

Moderate: Grief, Alcoholism, Medical content, Cursing, and Death

Minor: Bullying

pmoulton's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Reading this was a bit like reading those “cancer kid books” from the 90’s. You spend the entire book waiting for bombs to drop, and twists to happen. 

Overall, I would say this book was predictable in the way that all such books are. But it was also educational, and surprisingly full of lightness when a reader could easily expect wall-to-walk melancholy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Death, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, and Terminal illness