Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

376 reviews

corriejn's review against another edition

4.25

Not my most typical fare, but I found it very engaging. Decidedly not a light read, and note the major CW for active alcohol addiction, but I was pretty hooked throughout.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, Physical abuse, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Drug use

xanderekpl's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Child death

sare1125's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Domestic abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Murder, Violence, and Infertility

marissanbullis's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Murder

joshlegere's review against another edition

It was fairly repetitive and predictable!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Alcoholism

paigemaster5000's review against another edition

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and Alcoholism

lunalikesbooksss's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.5

This book was boring af. I would have given up if I had physically read the book instead of the audibook. I even had to listen to it on a faster speed than I normally do. 

I get it, Rachel is an alcoholic, but omg she was insufferable. Constantly doing dumb shit and apologing over and over. The rest of the main cast sucked too. They were all their own brand of awful. 

I didn't even feel bad for the victim because she was also awful! I only kept going because I really wanted to know who was the murderer. 

The reason for the murder had me rolling my eyes. It was for such an obvious and basic reason. 

Why did Rachel keep remembering things when it was already established that she didn't form memories while blocked out?! Ridiculous

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Murder, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, and Grief

elyana_blehhh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Addiction

Moderate: Physical abuse

Minor: Child death

radh's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.75

overall a pretty good book, not amazing, but it does a good job. The characters are not particularly likeable and you're not dying to know what happens next, but it's entertaining enough. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Emotional abuse and Murder

emlouise8's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Murder