Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

185 reviews

nina938474939's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Dysphoria, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, Alcoholism, Child death, Car accident, Gore, Grief, Incest, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Alcohol, Child abuse, Death, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Vomit

lhaen's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Toxic relationship, Grief, Child abuse, Alcohol, Abandonment, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Drug use, Addiction, Car accident, Body shaming, Blood, Violence, Torture, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Death, Sexual violence, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Ableism, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, and Eating disorder

fee_1's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Blood, Physical abuse, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Car accident, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Violence, Sexual content, Suicide, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Death, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

janann's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Vomit, Drug use, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Blood, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Violence, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

lenaschwr_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

i’m going to go touch grass now

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexual violence, Self harm, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Alcoholism, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Death, Child abuse, Body shaming, Addiction, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Rape, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Eating disorder

samlv's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.5

Starts out really slow but once you get through the first 200 or so pages the pace increases and more of the plot is revealed. This is when the character development really starts 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Domestic abuse, Grief, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Blood, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Body horror, and Car accident

Minor: Confinement, Medical content, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Outing, Drug use, Body shaming, Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, and Gaslighting

peppyb's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Grief, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Violence, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Ableism, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Suicide, Body shaming, Bullying, Religious bigotry, Vomit, Abandonment, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Trafficking

Moderate: Toxic friendship

Minor: Biphobia and Infidelity

manishasahota's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Body horror, Child death, Self harm, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Addiction, Blood, Body shaming, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Gore, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Death of parent, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Outing

Minor: Abortion and Cancer

trappedinthestars13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

This book was a beast to get through. It was very difficult and I had to set it down multiple times. However, I loved it. The prose is beautiful and you find yourself caring about these characters so deeply. I was heavily invested in Jude’s life, hoping that he got his peace in the end and having my heart hurt with every falter. I haven’t cried this hard at a book in awhile. Made me think about life and my relationships in a deeper way. Don’t know if I’ll ever be able to read it again, but glad I got to at least once. Be mindful, lots of trigger warnings

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Self harm, Suicide, Addiction, Child abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship

katarinna's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Suicide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts