Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead

16 reviews

mthornburg13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

Like if "If We Were Villians" was about Greek life. Good twists but somewhat predictable after a point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Infidelity, Death, Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, Blood, Addiction, Sexual violence, Suicide, Sexual assault, Rape, Murder, and Classism

chloe_green090's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

2.25

These characters are all toxic, to the point where it doesn’t even seem realistic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Toxic relationship, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Drug use, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism

Minor: Eating disorder, Rape, and Injury/Injury detail

tessvosper's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Murder, Rape, Biphobia, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Drug use, Suicide, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Death, Bullying, Eating disorder, Grief, Abandonment, Body shaming, Classism, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

ksamaine95's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Stalking, Murder, Alcoholism, Blood, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Rape, Homophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, and Infidelity

violagirl25's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Death of parent, Alcohol, Addiction, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Cursing, Grief, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Biphobia, Addiction, Infidelity, Rape, Vomit, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Medical content, Mental illness, Outing, Hate crime, Homophobia, Stalking, Alcohol, and Cursing

yafi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Blood, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Eating disorder, Drug use, Death, Classism, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Addiction, Body shaming, Murder, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexism, Self harm, Rape, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

readwithsophsx's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child death, Alcohol, Death, Drug abuse, Murder, Violence, Drug use, and Alcoholism

cady_sass's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Holyyyyyyyy. That was a rollercoaster! I am not usually a fan of an unreliable narrator, and the only thing keeping me from giving this 5 stars is that. You will go back and forth the whole book on whether or not you think she’s trustworthy, and I won’t spoil it, but it’s maddening and that’s intentional. This is a master class in unlikable characters, they’re all absolutely horrible including and most particularly the narrator. Do I hate her? Do I like I her? Do I think she’s guilty? What is she not telling me? Lots of dark and twisty turns and absolutely no stone is left unturned. I spent my entire day reading this and I have no regrets 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Classism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexism, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Medical content, Misogyny, Outing, Addiction, Body horror, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Violence

laur_bee_reading's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Death

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Rape, Suicide, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, and Car accident

francisca_pitterle's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Drug use, Addiction, Murder, Violence, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Death of parent, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Rape