Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

The Raven King by Nora Sakavic

65 reviews

zabeishumanish's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

This is brutal. Horribly, graphically, and violently brutal. I’m seriously struggling to understand why this series has such an intense cult following, but I’m also undoubtedly finishing the series though so it must have something going for it. If you can stomach all the senseless violence that doesn’t quite logically work with the story, the plot is pretty captivating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

wynterymess's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Eating disorder, Gore, Gun violence, Grief, Death of parent, Acephobia/Arophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

hadeshotline's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Biphobia and Acephobia/Arophobia

fa1ryts's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

hannahwillacy's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No

0.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, and Death

wooflen's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

bigpenis's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

bisquii's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Most of the characters are terrible people, but lovable in their own way. 

PLEASE READ TRIGGER WARNINGS BEFORE READING! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

I just put all the content warnings in the ‘Graphic’ section because this series basically has all of them in your face at one point or another. WARNING! This book shows a graphic sexual assault scene! Book 1 mostly implies it happening in a character’s past but in this book there is an actual scene! Please be careful!!

macakova's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

charfiona's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use and Homophobia

Minor: Alcoholism