Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

After Rain Falls by CE Ricci

4 reviews

shannonspage's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

Conclusion to the River of Rain Duet

Ngl, Rain is a dick LOL. River is just a little cutie pie who wants to be loved. Rain has a TON of faults…like a ton- River does too but not as major as Rain. Rain was hard to love at first with how cruel he is to River but as the story progresses, you see how much he changes because of how loving River is

There’s a plethora of triggers in this duet and I don’t want to spoil it but River and Rain overcome the issues they have from their past along with the issues that occur in the present. Overall, an emotional read and I’m glad there’s a HEA :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual assault

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Alcohol, and Homophobia

madscientistcat's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-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

3.0

I honestly don’t know what to do with this book. The first book was sports/angsty dark then suddenly we’re in some deeply unbelievable secret society thing with absolutely wild coincidences around every corner. I feel like “jumped the shark” is the simplest way to summarize. There are also so many plot holes and mistakes that I kept getting pulled out of the story. The draw of the author’s writing is so good and intense though. I really cared how these two absolute fools were going to figure their shit out even though half of it made no sense 😂

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Stalking, Sexual content, Mental illness, Medical content, Violence, Murder, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Alcohol, Cursing, and Gun violence

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

queen21's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Biphobia, Child abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Addiction, and Abandonment

Moderate: Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Trafficking, and Vomit

djm_chal's review

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Drug abuse, Alcohol, and Sexual content

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, and Drug use