Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

4 reviews

atalea's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Animal death

Moderate: Violence, Animal cruelty, Forced institutionalization, War, and Blood

Minor: Alcoholism

hedsek's review

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

Absolutely love the worldbuilding and the lore and most things about the story. The ways in which relationships between characters and dialogue are written is not great tbh, but the story more than makes up for it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Kidnapping

Minor: Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, and Gun violence

seedsofsunflowers's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Trafficking, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Death

Minor: Alcoholism, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, and Slavery

aconfundityofcrows's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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? No

4.0

Feb 2021: I left this at two stars for a long time, because I wasn't sure how to represent my feelings about it and I didn't want to change my rating until I reread it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Gore, Kidnapping, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Xenophobia, and Alcoholism

Minor: Sexual violence, Body shaming, and Misogyny