Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Creature luminose by Shelby Van Pelt

61 reviews

anasf21's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Addiction and Drug abuse

vireogirl's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.75

The octopus narrator is the best. Snarky, intelligent, and other-worldly. A beautiful story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Alcohol, and Grief

Minor: Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Vomit, Animal death, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

vedpears's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Animal death and Alcohol

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Pregnancy, and Murder

honeybeewitched87's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.75

Needs more octopus.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, Cancer, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Violence, and Death

nukie19's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Minor: Drug abuse and Alcohol

clr00's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Death, Alcohol, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Suicide attempt, Cancer, Suicide, and Terminal illness

cady_sass's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

If at any point in my life someone told me that I would cry over a book about a talking octopus I would’ve laughed in your face. I was SO wrong, PLEASE READ THIS BOOK ABOUT A TALKING OCTOPUS! The way the story of Marcellus (aforementioned octopus) and the aging Swedish woman who cleans the aquarium, losing the loss of her family, are weaves together is beautiful and heartbreaking and it may make you cry.

Okay to be fair it’s not *really* a talking octopus, like not in a fantastical or supernatural way. He doesn’t actually speak out loud, but we hear his point of view as he tries to comprehend & scoff at human stupidity and it’s everything. I would die for Marcellus 😭

Editing to add: I’ve made a point previously to say how picky I am about audiobooks, so I need to say that this audiobook is spectacular. I split reading this between the physical and the audio and I ALMOST prefer the audio?! Hell has in fact frozen over. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, Death of parent, Death, Suicide, Child death, and Cancer

throwback682's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

A book hasn’t made me cry in a long time. Beautiful story. 

The actors who performed the audiobook did an incredible job, especially the woman who did the heavy lifting of narrating the story as well as voicing all the characters except Marcellus the Octopus. She’s incredibly talented. She made each character come alive, especially Tova, Ethan, and Cameron. At times I’d be fully engrossed and forget that it was one person reading. I really heard all the different voices. 

When Cameron was first introduced,

I wondered what the hell he could possibly have to do with Tova and Marcellus’s story(s). But soon little fibers started to weave together and bit by bit the tapestry became clear.

I don’t even know what else to say. It was just such an excellent story and the ending was so emotional. I highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Addiction, Cancer, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, and Grief

ciciyo's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Abandonment, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Cancer, Confinement, Cursing, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Addiction, Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Suicidal thoughts

rit's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad slow-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

4.5

This is a cozy book that would definitely make you cry. Since the first chapter I felt totally connected with the main character and I knew I would love her.

I feel like I need to hug this book and all the characters that are described here. I love them.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment and Grief

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, and Suicide attempt