Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

The Confidence of Wildflowers by Micalea Smeltzer

10 reviews

chelle22's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Violence, Pregnancy, Vomit, Cursing, Physical abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Rape, Child death, Infidelity, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Cancer, and Sexual assault

readingwithlyss's review

dark emotional sad fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy

zoemain's review

emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.0

MAKE SURE you read the trigger/content warnings.
Okay, so that was way darker than I thought it would be.
I’ve never read an age gap romance before (apart from, well, Twilight and the like) and I didn’t end up enjoying it. But I won’t criticise his age because I knew what I was in for. So, every time Thayer’s hairyness was described I think a threw up a little. But apart from that the romance was fine. The only reason I was attached to Thayer was because his son Forrest was so adorable. He was my favourite character.

WHY THE EFF DID HE HAVE TO DROWN???

Anyway :)
Didn’t really care about the Mum or the sister but luckily they weren’t too prevalent.
There were lot of dark things in this book

brief mentions of past SA, Salem’s mum getting cancer, and, I can’t forget, FORREST DROWNING!

that felt really random. I don’t know why the author added these things in. They didn’t tie in well.
Anyhow, I’m not a picky reader when it comes to romances so this was fine.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Death of parent and Terminal illness

Minor: Alcohol, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Vomit

brielleborgia's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault

noveltay's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

4.0

I didn’t like how this book was written at first. It took me quite a few chapters to enjoy the way it was written. But once I started getting giddy about Thayer & Salem, I enjoyed it from then on out.

The age gap is odd to me, but something I could look over for the plots sake. I did think he showed a huge paternal role with the gifts and protectiveness of her! 

Check the TW before reading. Death, abuse, sexual assault, adult/minor, etc are all mentioned even if it’s brief! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Cancer, Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Sexual violence, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Rape

asha_amari's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual assault

Minor: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol

psyched_np's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely heartbreaking. Have the tissues ready. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Alcohol, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Death, Death of parent, Incest, Pedophilia, and Sexual content

khloereads86's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.0

I really didn’t feel anything from this book. Usually with a good romance book I catch myself smiling at their interactions or swooning over something the mmc says to her, but I never felt that here. It’s not even the age gap so much that I would have a problem with if I had felt like the characters actually really connected at all, but they didn’t seem to. The whole drama with Caleb seemed a bit ridiculous, and I don’t understand why she wouldn’t just break up with him instead of cheating. I thought it was ok enough for maybe 3 stars until the last 10% of the book, and now I’m not even sure I want to give it even this. 

What kind of book uses a child’s death so lightly? As a plot device to cause problems in the relationship?! I was honestly a little disgusted that this was where the author went with it. Then Thayer and Caleb fighting made me roll my eyes. That final plot twist of “oh look, I’m pregnant!” finally put the nail in the coffin.

It honestly just felt like the author threw as much drama and tragedy into the book as possible

• Abusive father who died of cancer
• Mother gets cancer
• Sister’s toxic relationship
• Cheating on Caleb
• Forrest’s death
• More Caleb vs Thayer drama
• Accidental pregnancy

and hoped it would work. I wish I dnf’d, and I definitely won’t be reading the sequel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Child death, Cursing, and Sexual content

Moderate: Rape, Cancer, Child abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

kodafaith's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.25

Wow….
I came into this book with no expectation except an age gap romance but I left with my heart in pieces. I did not know I was picking up a 5 star read in my opinion but I’m so glad I took a chance with this story.
This is such a beautiful story between two unlikely people and hits so much deeper than I ever could have expected. The end is hard to digest, and the behaviors of the characters sucks but is so understandable.
I immediately started the second book because I just needed more. I’ve already recommended these books to multiple people and just…. Wow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Cancer, Incest, Infidelity, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Minor: Alcohol and Pregnancy

kdriscoll's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Infidelity, and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual assault, Alcohol, Terminal illness, and Cursing

Minor: Alcohol and Vomit