Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Sisters by Daisy Johnson

5 reviews

horizonous's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

If I had to summarize this story with one word I would choose sticky. I don't even know what else I should say about this atmospheric, kind of disturbing fever dream like story other than I need to read more by Daisy Johnson.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Grief, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Blood, Mental illness, Child death, Drug use, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, and Medical content

◦ Alcohol = Underage drinking
◦ Mental illness = Depression
◦ Sexual violence = Revenge porn

virtualdragonkitty's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A short and simple novella that really felt like a nice introduction into the horror genre. There are a lot of tropes covered but they aren't done badly. Johnson kept me on my toes till the very end trying to figure out what was truly happening.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, and Mental illness

Moderate: Blood and Body horror

Minor: Alcohol and Drug use

calisbooklog's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Self harm, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Alcohol

anniefwrites's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

Truly bone-chilling. Johnson created such a claustrophobic, vivid world and deeply twisted characters to inhabit it. This one will stick with me for a while. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcohol, Mental illness, Sexual content, Blood, Bullying, Confinement, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing and Pregnancy

amandasharabooks's review

challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Grief, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Alcohol