Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall

93 reviews

bbayless96's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

“That’s the thing about trust, isn’t it?” Ethan says. “You gather all the evidence you can, use your brain, weigh character and past actions. But the final inch of it— that’s faith. Trust means believing in someone. It’s not just a conclusion. It’s a choice.” 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Suicide attempt, Death, Murder, Mental illness, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

megsbookishadventures's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Sexual assault, Blood, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Addiction, Pedophilia, Eating disorder, Murder, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Eating disorder and Panic attacks/disorders

latasharm's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

5.0

This is the type of thriller that I live for. The one that sneaks up on you in ways other than the ones that you are expecting. I was pretty close guessing where this story was going to go but never could I have ever guessed the way that we got there or the precise ending. Kate Alice Marshall has a gift and a curse. She goes dark and it gets deep. This one left me absolutely gutted. I would love to see this book play out as a limited series on Netflix or Prime. The right cast could do wonders with the characters penned and circumstances paged here. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Toxic friendship, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Classism, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Medical content

deshanejt's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-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

3.5

Somewhat convoluted, but still very good! It definitely had you guessing. Perfect who-dunnit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical content, Medical trauma, Grief, and Gun violence

Moderate: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, and Self harm

Minor: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Sexism, Addiction, Pregnancy, and Drug use

sheebsbooks's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Mental illness, Gun violence, Self harm, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Murder, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

mandareads222's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Blood, and Mental illness

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Pedophilia, Medical content, Gun violence, Grief, and Adult/minor relationship

babyfacedoldsoul's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

This book was amazing. It filled the Yellowjackets sized hole in my heart. I was able to figure out one of the twists almost immediately and suspected another one. I kept page flags in this book of different theories and I loved it dearly. Extremely well written. I will have to check out other books by this author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Child death, Addiction, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

swankystitch's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Alcoholism

Minor: Suicide attempt and Sexual assault

serenaann's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Murder, Grief, Self harm, and Gun violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

unicornofthesea's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, Suicide, Gun violence, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Ableism, Abandonment, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Classism, Death of parent, and Medical content

Minor: Stalking, Gaslighting, Cancer, and Child abuse