Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

How to Make Friends with the Dark by Kathleen Glasgow

46 reviews

crystal689's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Car accident, Abandonment, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Suicide, Bullying, and Eating disorder

Minor: Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Vomit, Physical abuse, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Abortion, Self harm, and Sexual violence

ravenauthor1013's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Grief

Moderate: Drug use, Violence, Alcoholism, Bullying, and Drug abuse

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Self harm

annie_bordeaux's review against another edition

mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.75

So extremely sad but definitely realistic and the writing was beautiful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Alcoholism, and Death of parent

janessakat's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, and Bullying

kindakatha's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, and Car accident

jessers13's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism

calvixx's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Death of parent

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Alcoholism, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide, and Bullying

caroemily's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Car accident, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug use, Addiction, Bullying, Car accident, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Physical abuse, and Suicide

alanacicc's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

Heartbreaking. I cried. I also cried even more during the author’s note.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Vomit, Domestic abuse, Grief, Child abuse, Death of parent, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Abandonment, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Alcohol, and Physical abuse

Minor: Abortion, Animal death, Car accident, Self harm, Cancer, Chronic illness, and Pregnancy

alyinsx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This was dark and sometimes hard to read, especially if you’ve experienced loss it hit a lot of the thoughts and feelings swirling around inside. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction and Alcohol

Minor: Suicide