Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

They'll Never Catch Us by Jessica Goodman

29 reviews

jocelyn62013's review

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Abortion, and Infidelity

Minor: Body shaming and Vomit

lemonlime1ily's review

dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Abortion

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

vilmagarcia28's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Abortion, Addiction, and Death

leexpenandpages's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.25

📝 SYNOPSIS:
After a secret-filled summer apart, two sisters who share a passion for cross country running return to school, where a runner better than either of them has just transferred. When tragedy begalls her, the sisters are the top suspects.
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👍🏻 RECOMMENDATION:
💚 READ it at your leisure.

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📑 COMMENTS:
• Social commentary is woven into both the plot and dialogue naturally. Sisterhood and friendship are core themes, which give an uplifting feeling to dark subjects.

• *Most* of the plot twists are predictable. It takes a surprising amount of time before the disappearance occurs, but that gives the readers time to get to know the character better.

• The ending is beautiful and heart-wrenching (but hopeful), even if it doesn't make sense. Seriously, prepare to suspend your disbelief from around the climax onward. 

• The protagonists' journeys are rewarding. Side characters are developed decently, and some experience growth too. There are occasions where the characters' motivations don't make sense, and I assume we are meant to classify it as teenage stupidity. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Violence, Sexual content, Alcohol, Bullying, Alcoholism, Murder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexism, Misogyny, and Addiction

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Vomit

Minor: Body shaming

m4rtt4's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

A very average YA thriller — not the best plot, but it kept me hooked at times. Noah is an asshole.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Abortion, Addiction, and Alcoholism

yananhai's review against another edition

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

3.0

something doesn't add up for me... if Raven just dropped Mila down and left her there dead, why was there a blood trail? why did Ellie and Noah not find her body when they looked in the pit later in the day? why was there a blanket covering her body? 
just for these questions I'm gonna tale off one star, so overall 3 ⭐

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Bullying, Death, Infidelity, Murder, Abortion, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Alcohol, Eating disorder, Blood, Emotional abuse, and Drug use

sienna1508's review

adventurous mysterious fast-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? It's complicated

4.25

I kinda guessed the mystery for this one but I still liked the character-building in the story. It was mostly fast-paced except it was a bit repetitive. But overall I enjoyed it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcoholism, and Abortion

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Grief, and Gaslighting

Minor: Vomit, Sexual assault, Mental illness, and Blood

100_pages_hr's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Abortion, Addiction, Misogyny, Blood, Infidelity, Alcoholism, and Injury/Injury detail

beckyremillard's review

dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Murder, Blood, Abortion, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, and Emotional abuse

booksofautumn's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Abortion, Alcoholism, Murder, Pregnancy, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, and Violence