Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Woom by Duncan Ralston

6 reviews

abbz_o_lutely's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-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

3.5

I'm going with 3.5 stars. The writing is impeccable and very much so has you invested and turning pages. This left me constantly on the line to DNF or to push through to the end to know the full story. I went into this book super blind and I came out of it wishing I could pretend I never opened the first page. This book is very.... Icky.
It needs about 3-4 pages of content warnings as this book can be very triggering.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Infertility, Kidnapping, Suicide, Abortion, Addiction, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Sexual harassment, Blood, Fatphobia, Grief, Rape, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Body horror, Death, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Sexism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

There is no going back to your normal self after this book. I wish I could erase this from my brain.

shutterbug_and_bookworm's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

I have all of the words and none of the words, and I certainly cannot rate this book. Not because it was bad. It was actually quite good, but I just don’t know how I feel. And it has almost every trigger warning imaginable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Alcoholism, Gore, Sexual harassment, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Cultural appropriation, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Vomit, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

cortni's review against another edition

dark sad fast-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

5.0

shits fucked

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Child abuse, Gore, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Alcoholism, Addiction, Drug abuse, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

perfectcupoftea's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Grief, Blood, Abortion, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

mel_j's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Medical content, Medical trauma, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Gore

Moderate: Abortion and Body horror

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Body shaming

shayyyy31's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Fatphobia, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Abortion, Death, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Vomit, Excrement, Grief, Infertility, Sexual harassment, Miscarriage, Gore, Homophobia, Body horror, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Rape, and Toxic relationship