Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward

18 reviews

purstiltski's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death, Murder, Death of parent, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Self harm, Addiction, Bullying, Confinement, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Abortion

shamelessbibliophile41's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Grief, Suicide, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Death, Murder, and Death of parent

hauntedantiqueshop's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

I could not tell you a lick of information on what I just read. I feel like I should have taken notes and come at this like a detective to understand anything. It just wound up being too overly intricate for me, more like a messy book version of Inception + a little witchcraft than what I think the author probably intended.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

Minor: Pregnancy, Abortion, and Abandonment

rachelunabridged's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gaslighting, Death, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Grief, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Stalking, Alcoholism, and Mental illness

Minor: Infidelity, Bullying, Sexual content, and Cursing

emmonsannae's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

This book was a trip!! The setting and ambiance were exquisitely crafted—I think that was the best part of the book. C.W. pulls off the ‘story-within-a-story’ strategy well in a way that doesn’t bore or unnecessarily confuse the reader, and by the end of the novel this setup adds several brilliant layers to the (in my case) unexpected conclusion. The last 50 pages were pretty wild. Though I guess it’s technically a horror story, I didn’t find the book scary so much as haunting with a lowercase h. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Suicide, Murder, Death of parent, and Infidelity

_cheshirecxt's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, and Death of parent

enchantressreads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Death, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Animal death, and Bullying

Minor: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Homophobia, and Suicide

keen's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Suicide

Minor: Torture, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, and Pregnancy

zosiablue's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

"Being old kind of takes the magic out of things....it's sad. But also a relief."

This is about trying to write your way out of tremendous grief and it is beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

Minor: Bullying and Pregnancy

gondorgirl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Blood, Death of parent, Medical content, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, Grief, Violence, Death, and Gore

Minor: Bullying, Pregnancy, and Animal death