Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

53 reviews

lottieingham's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Vomit, Animal death, Death, Gore, Self harm, Death of parent, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Rape, and Incest

bambooboy's review

adventurous dark emotional funny informative mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Blood, Gore, Cursing, Self harm, Alcoholism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Classism, Sexual assault, Grief, Rape, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual violence, and Death of parent

yeffin's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Incest

Minor: Alcoholism, Abandonment, Alcohol, Cursing, Abortion, and Addiction

blacksphinx's review

dark informative mysterious tense slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Suicide, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Self harm

Moderate: Animal death, Rape, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Vomit, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Pedophilia

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and Racism

sarahbw2's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

3.75

It’s definitely a love letter to the horror genre and I recommend it if you like horror movies. I had to DNF the book before because it is pretty slow in the first half but it really picks up in the second half.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Self harm

Moderate: Child abuse, Grief, Rape, Blood, and Body horror

akmay17's review

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide attempt, Rape, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Animal death, Incest, Violence, Alcohol, Gore, Murder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Vomit

janeanger's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Blood, Incest, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Vomit, Violence, Alcohol, Animal death, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cultural appropriation, and Fire/Fire injury

aformeracceleratedreader's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

CHECK CONTENT/TRIGGER WARNINGS
I sorta loved this. I will def be checking out more from this author.
I know some people didnt like Jade info-dumping about slashers (quite a few people said it was annoying or unnecessary), but as someone who is neurodivergent, I thought it was kind of nice to read, and I didn't think it detracted from the story or flow. 
There was a scene towards the end at the big town party that made me a little teary eyed and quite a few scenes throughout the book that really sucked me in where I didn't want to stop reading but I had to. 
Final girls are no joke and Letha plus

Jade and to an extent Shooting Glasses whom I'm actually not sure if he survived or not but I'm counting him anyways

were great finals girls who would not go down without some sort of fight.
I have mixed feelings on who the "slasher" was though, and that's why I don't think I could say this was a perfect book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death of parent, Murder, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Animal death, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Rape, and Suicide attempt

maryellen's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Murder, Suicide attempt, Violence, Vomit, Body horror, Bullying, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual assault, Rape, and Child abuse

dr_aimz's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Mental illness

Minor: Child abuse and Incest