Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Love Letters to the Dead by Ava Dellaira

19 reviews

the_readingfox's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Grief, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Suicide

rochelleisreading's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Suicide, Physical abuse, Alcohol, and Drug use

taliatalksbooks's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Love Letters to The Dead by Ava Dellaira was one of my favorite books in letter format that I’ve read. Usually I hate this format, but I liked the framework in this instance because we didn’t need to know everything that was going on, but it still pieced together a cohesive narrative. While I did find some of the details to get repetitive (as they usually do in this format) the different important figures that Laurel writes to helps break up the repetitive nature and contextualize the stories she’s sharing. I think the progression of details that Laurel is able to share surrounding her sister death is progressive enough to show her healing (though writing) without withholding too much information from the reader. This aspect is handled really well in my opinion. While not the most interesting of reads, this was an effective communication in the weight of grief, and how grief can manifest in different ways. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, Grief, Sexual assault, Death, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

kunsetzz's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Mental illness, and Death

scottsmom's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Drug use, Death, Alcohol, and Sexual assault

dani_2006's review

adventurous challenging emotional sad medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Alcohol, Homophobia, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, and Death

aurervlnbooks's review

emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Suicide, Death, Grief, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

yosoyjuju's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.0

Este libro representa un verdadero coming-of-age. La historia es algo impactante, pero se desarrolla lentamente, así que es posible disfrutarlo. Muy buenas frases y expresa verdades de la vida de un adolescente, y de la vida en general. Me gustó mucho.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Deportation, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Grief, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, and Biphobia

sjones08's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Sexual assault, Alcohol, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Child death, Drug use, and Lesbophobia

lilyatwell's review

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Suicide, Death, Mental illness, and Sexual assault