Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Aurora Rising by Jay Kristoff, Amie Kaufman

5 reviews

katievallin's review

adventurous 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

3.0

Enjoyed the first half. Skimmed some in the middle because I got bored. Didn’t really like the end because

I’m not a fan of parasites,

and I can tolerate only so much body horror. Also thought Aurora wasn’t very interesting, and the romance wasn’t very convincing

(not a huge fan of the soulmate trope).

Generally liked the other main characters, though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Body horror, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Racism, Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, and Death of parent

safety_pin's review

adventurous challenging funny mysterious tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Cursing, Death, Violence, War, Blood, Hate crime, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Death of parent, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Alcohol

captainoliimar's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Gaslighting, Gore, Kidnapping, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Violence, Animal death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Animal cruelty, Xenophobia, Body horror, War, Death of parent, Mental illness, Murder, Torture, and Medical content

Moderate: Police brutality, Racial slurs, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Chronic illness, Slavery, Misogyny, Colonisation, Ableism, Religious bigotry, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, and Racism

Minor: Alcohol

rebeccajost's review

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Medical content, Blood, Death, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Death of parent, Violence, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Ableism, Sexual content, Colonisation, and Abandonment

gonnachangethislater's review

tense medium-paced

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

1.0

I cringe every time the two siblings interact, I am convinced both authors are only children.

It feels like all the characters talk or think about is how hot everyone is. 

There is an element of the writing style that feels like a wattpad book, that might be with how the characters speak or that scarlet adds little quips and answers questions that are completely irrelevant and I don't care about. 

I was so looking forward to this book after seeing only positives about it and I like the concept and the idea of the characters but I dislike the execution. 

I think had I read this at 14 I might have enjoyed it, but I am not and I didn't. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Gun violence, and Medical trauma

Minor: Alcohol, Genocide, and Gun violence