Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier

82 reviews

jstone0729's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Domestic abuse

blymanor's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Addiction, and Mental illness

Minor: Gun violence, Death of parent, and Infidelity

stine_0's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Pregnancy

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Grief, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Stalking, Vomit, Gun violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Physical abuse

calamitywindpetal's review

emotional reflective sad fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Vomit, Alcoholism, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Moderate: Pregnancy, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Death of parent

mcrespo's review

challenging emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

4.0

i loved so many of frazier’s writing choices and the style of her writing, and i appreciate the way she wrote about the american immigrant story of the main character’s mother. pizza girl, the main character, is deeply flawed and at times infuriating, but i’m also deeply flawed and infuriating so i held a lot of grace for the character. the last 30 pages of the novel were crazy in a wonderful way.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Minor: Domestic abuse

hanhantap's review

challenging dark funny sad fast-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

3.75

I love short stories about loser queer women making bad decisions about their lives and being delusional. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Grief

Minor: Abortion

scarroll178's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Holy shit. What a wild ride. I love the writing style; it’s so vivid, I could imagine the scenes playing out like a movie. The dynamic between Pizza Girl and Jenny Hauser was so fascinating: the past looking to the future. I understood why the MC fixated on this woman when she barely even knew her. I could even understand why the MC had the strained relationship she had with her mom and boyfriend, the way she resented being cast in the role of mother.

I do think the ending was a bit unsatisfying. She and her boyfriend are going to be okay now? And she’s left bagging groceries and being a mom? I thought the book might end with her realizing what she really wanted to do with her life, not embracing the role that she was stuck with.

Overall, great book, and I’d definitely be interested in reading this author again! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Gun violence, Pregnancy, and Physical abuse

fatfrog's review

Triggering 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Sexual content, and Alcohol

kathrynshields's review against another edition

dark funny sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Weird, kind of sad, and unexpected. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Alcohol, Grief, and Pregnancy

manicaxolotl's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

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