Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Girl Gone Missing by Marcie R. Rendon

6 reviews

unusualsnowunicorn's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking and Sexual assault

Moderate: Cursing, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Mental illness

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Drug use, Animal cruelty, Infidelity, Gun violence, Child abuse, War, and Suicide attempt

amberk032's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Colonisation, Kidnapping, Alcohol, and Trafficking

Moderate: Confinement and Drug use

Minor: Child abuse

tangleroot_eli's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

As a noir-lover, I immediately recognize Rendon's style: staccato sentences that build a world both viscerally real and almost claustrophobic through relentless layering of details calls to mind the best works of Chandler and Hammett. But unlike those authors' stoic white male protagonists, Rendon's Cash Blackbear is a study in protective dissociation. She detaches from her emotions because, historically, her life has sucked, and feeling and expressing emotions has led to nothing but disaster. Rendon's is a classic style indelibly informed by Cash's time, place, and identity. And, oh yeah, there's a mystery, but I read this series for Cash and her world; the mystery is almost immaterial.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Confinement, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Racism, Violence, and Child abuse

Moderate: Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Sexual content, Mental illness, Blood, Drug use, Vomit, and Trafficking

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and War

carolynkwolff's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Trafficking, Emotional abuse, Racism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Drug use and Rape

avisreadsandreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Grief, Racism, Alcoholism, Trafficking, and Alcohol

Moderate: Abandonment, Sexual assault, Violence, and Racial slurs

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, War, and Kidnapping

stelepami's review against another edition

I just read the whole damn thing at once. Rendon sweeps me completely away into Cash's world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Trafficking, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Racism

Moderate: War