Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Every Summer After by Carley Fortune

5 reviews

probablyshannon's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Death of parent, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

morganegrant's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, and Addiction

celestialg's review against another edition

4.0

Carly Fortune read “The Summer I Turned Pretty” and fixed everything that sucked. And it only took one book instead of three. 
Solid writing, wonderful book boyfriend, and delightfully spicy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

Moderate: Vomit

Dissociative thought patterns

maddie7217's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness

Moderate: Terminal illness, Death of parent, Cancer, Infidelity, and Alcoholism

emilycmarshman's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

 I have been seeing this book everywhere, and I knew the moment that someone said it was like if The Summer I Turned Pretty were an adult romance novel that I was going to need to read it. I really enjoyed it, and felt that it was very strong for a debut, but there were some parts that felt slightly off to me, which is why I bumped my rating down a bit.

While I acknowledge that, because the characters are so young and immature, the relationship is meant to feel young and immature (i.e., when

Sam moves out to Kingston for his pre-college workshop and doesn't tell Percy/asks Percy to set boundaries, and Percy gets upset with Sam

, or when

Sam asks Percy to marry him at eighteen mf years old???

), some things the characters did, especially in the parts when they were adults, felt too immature for me to handle. The "twist" at the end of this was

that she CHEATS ON HIM WITH HIS BROTHER???

, and I almost put the book down when I read that part, lmao. And the end felt like, very rushed and I wanted so much more from them (outside of the sweet little epilogue, which made me cry), but overall, this was a very enjoyable second chance, summer romance, and I would recommend it if you're looking for a quick read that'll keep you up reading it because you want to know what happens so badly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Grief, Death of parent, and Panic attacks/disorders