Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Wait For It by Mariana Zapata

4 reviews

hapalyn's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted slow-paced

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

4.0

This one was definitely high on my list of Mariana's books! 

Read for: 
-Minor character crossovers! (Kulti, The Wall of Winnipeg and Me, and Under Locke) it was cute to see Sal/Reiner, Vanessa/Adrien, and the brief brief mention of Iris/Dex! 
-Slowwww burn (of course) 
-Single mom
-Mexican rep 

Bonuses I loved:
-No 3rd act breakup!!!!!!! Mariana is alwaaaays amazing at having realistic conflict without a ton of miscommunication and ridiculous breakups <33!! Loved the lack of drama in this book. 

The relationship between these characters was fleshed out so so well and the kids surprisingly were also super fun and enjoyable to read about (as someone who hates pregnancy tropes and stuff! there's no pregnancy trope aside from epilogue). If you can enjoy a slow 400+ pages of relationship building then this book is 100% for you! If you hate long romances, this isn't going to be for you (and I'd recommend Devney Perry's work instead). However, this book is worth the 400+ :)! So so enjoyable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death of parent, Death, and Racism

Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy, Bullying, and Physical abuse

kb33's review

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

I want a Dallas. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Grief

Moderate: Abandonment, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Suicide, Drug abuse, Violence, and Domestic abuse

steelerl828's review against another edition

emotional funny sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Grief

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Suicide, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Drug use, Vomit, Domestic abuse, Racism, Physical abuse, and Abandonment

venetiana's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.0

The slow burn is good. But there's also some toxic/red flag behaviour which really didn't need to be there (it literally didn't need to be part of the plot, this was used for accentuating loyalty).

[The author also (afaik) appropriates the term "spirit animal" and I'm not sure how far the lines are blurred concerning colloquialisms. Some expressions rubbed me the wrong way.]

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Abandonment, Excrement, Alcohol, Blood, and Death

Minor: Cursing, Rape, Religious bigotry, Violence, Terminal illness, Misogyny, Stalking, Drug abuse, and Eating disorder