Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers

5 reviews

hornygoldfish's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad 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

3.75

The blurb and the plot jacket is pure literary clickbait lmfao this is one of the most misery inducing books I've read. Not that it doesn't have literary merit though, it's just very different from what the novel's jacket told us it was about, and I blame the publisher for that. Kind of coming of age, VERY complex and a really ambiguous ending with no comforting resolutions.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Cultural appropriation, Racism, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Racial slurs, and Self harm

crizzle's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Racism, Violence, Torture, Alcohol, Gun violence, Grief, and Addiction

Moderate: Chronic illness, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Ableism, Confinement, and Forced institutionalization

brianna_moye's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Suicide

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Antisemitism

Minor: Cancer

aliceandhoney's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Violence, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Death, Antisemitism, Torture, and Hate crime

rileyharrell's review against another edition

dark reflective 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? No

4.0

Come for the depression but stay for the character development!

I probably would not have picked this book up on my own accord if it was not for the book club. All that aside, I am glad that I read this! This book was totally advanced for it's publication time. I mean I think it was published in the late 1930s/early 1940 and it covers topics that are still relevant today. That is really sad to say but it is true..

Yes, this book is sad. Yes, this book has a lot of depression writing. But the writing itself is really well done. I am giving it 4 stars because this book has such rich character development and is not so much plot driven. I definitely needed a book like this that has deep characters that we can learn a lot about after reading so much plot-driven books lately. The characters keep you reading!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, and Body shaming

I mean this book was written in the 1930s so it doesn't have the.. language that we would use in modern day writing or take into account any trigger warnings.