Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

If This Gets Out by Sophie Gonzales, Cale Dietrich

49 reviews

katrina_5's review against another edition

challenging funny tense 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? Yes

4.5

I truly enjoyed this book, I loved reading how Zacks character came to terms with his sexuality and how he developed throughout the book.
The bands friendship worked really well together, relationships within this book were really well thought out and written. 

However,  the reason I deducted a .5 was due to the lack of concern over Angel, I feel his addiction was overlooked and made his relationships between everyone in the band seem worthless. No one ensured his safety until he was far to gone. Furthermore, his recovery was glazed over - I would've loved more detail over how that impact him and the band mates especially since most situations he was joking about the love interests. 
Another fault was within a Zacks dynamic with his mother, she is comforting and open yet when he comes out she compares him to his father who had little relevance within the story. It felt like a poor choice - yes not every one has a nice coming out story, but this felt like they felt the need to make another plot for drama within a book which has a dramatic theme from the beginning.

Overall, I feel this book was well written and thought out. I truly enjoyed the romance, I'd recommend to anyone interested.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Drug use, Addiction, Mental illness, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Car accident, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, and Blood

Minor: Outing

laracroft2001's review against another edition

emotional funny sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Homophobia, and Bullying

Minor: Medical content

zeynepbinbasioglu's review against another edition

inspiring slow-paced

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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, and Alcoholism

mwhite0226's review against another edition

funny lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Biphobia, and Drug use

Moderate: Sexual content, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide attempt

emmasbelovedbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Addiction, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Outing, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Child abuse, and Confinement

memoirsofabooklover's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Car accident, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Homophobia, Classism, and Biphobia

onemamareads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Read my full review here: https://onemamassummer.weebly.com/book-reviews/if-this-gets-out

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Homophobia

emily_g456's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Homophobia

terrywho's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

Lovely book, well written, sweet and engaging. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism

This is tagged as YA but I would definitely classify it on the older end of it, probably more New Adult than YA

auteaandtales's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Car accident, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, and Alcoholism