Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Watching You by Lisa Jewell

4 reviews

bg_okeyo's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

The book was fast-paced, however, it had nothing to look forward to. The plot was pretty mid 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Death, Grief, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism and Death of parent

Minor: Blood

atdow88's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Bullying, Mental illness, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Alcoholism

emeraldsanto's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

I really enjoyed how the story was paced, I'm mostly used to novels where a crime is committed very early whereas in this case you stay in the dark until the very end.

I can't help but highlight how great the author was at playing hints throughout the whole thing, all the pieces are given to you at just the right intervals to make connections less obvious.

Additionally I was pleasantly surprised at the very prominent place "gang-stalking" took in the plot, it's definitely not a theme that is often referenced in popular culture.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Stalking, Pregnancy, Murder, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Gaslighting, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Mental illness

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, and Cancer

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

mysterious fast-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

3.0

I finished this, but I'm not sure that I had to. Everything felt very formulaic and kind of unbelievable. It lacked that "what???" feeling that you hope to get from a thriller/mystery. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Murder, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Suicide, Pedophilia, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Blood

Minor: Racism, Car accident, and Animal cruelty

If pregnancy is not great for you right now, probably skip this one. It has a lot of complicated feelings about it.