Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch

8 reviews

lahars_little_library's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol

2kyr6's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

[NO SPOILERS]
a light and easy read. this is perfect for 14 year olds and above, especially for those that are new to reading. Lina, the protagonist, is very relatable and there isn't a particular character in the book that i despise(as in they shouldn't even be added as a character). they were all necessary to make a good storyline. this is one of those books that is good for when you're just bored, want to relax, and don't want to read something that is too overwhelming.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content, Alcohol, and Grief

lizzye33's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol, Bullying, and Pregnancy

rylin_marie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Pedophilia, Alcohol, Grief, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

kendra_taylors_version's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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? It's complicated

5.0

So just finished my fourth read of this book and I realized i haven't written a review on my favorite book of all time like HOW DARE I?!

Anyways all you need to know is that i love the feel good vibes of a summer spent in Italy, the warmth of the found family trope happening, the originality of the journal entries and the whole adventure, the heaetbreak of loss the main character, Lina, experiences and her slow journey through healing, the movie worthy vibes of the teenage party and angst and of course the "makes me kick my feet in the air and giggle" romance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, Terminal illness, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

Minor: Alcohol

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Death of parent, Grief, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Sexual assault

booksbyantheia's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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

5.0

Este es el tipo de romance que me hubiera gustado encontrar más seguido en la secundaria. ¿Levemente cliché? ¿Empalagoso? Quizás. Pero sano, lleno de vida, de esperanza.

Y NI SIQUIERA ES EL ELEMENTO PRINCIPAL DEL LIBRO.

La historia de Lina y la de Hadley son muy emocionales. Ambas enfrentaron al amor, ambas recorrieron sus caminos con valentía. Lina es una de las protagonistas más preciosas que he leído, y a pesar de la situación tan difícil que pasó, sigue siendo una adolescente, cometiendo errores, teniendo respuestas divertidas, a veces cringes, pero hermosas.

Este libro es como un mimo. Es como el gelato. Dulce, inevitable de querer repetir.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Infidelity, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Terminal illness

Food, false identity.

c45p1n's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

There's a lot to address with this book. For one, it was incredibly cheesy and i kept getting embarrassed on behalf of the characters. Mostly Lina. This story essentially follows two timelines, Lina's Present-day timeline in Florence, Italy. And her mom, Hadley's past timeline 17 years in the past in Florence, Italy.
I wish I could give this book more of a better rating but it just didn't hit the 4/5 mark, it barely hit the 3.5/5 mark, in all honesty.

Currently unable to make a cohesive sentence, I'm going to put this into a pro/con list. From this point on their will be minor spoilers, but nothing to give away  the plot too much. Read with caution.

PRO: Very funny and heartwarming story. 2)Filled with characters that are easy to follow and get to know, both present and past. 

CON: Many situations were overlooked and bypassed, and frankly just brought up to make a segway between other characters. 1) For example: in the first few chapters, Lina is out jogging and gets chased and harassed by some dudes in a car. Now this felt like it could've had potential to bring around and connect back into the story, like if it were Thomas's car. It was really only used to give Lorenzo some fear of Howard. 1b) Another example: When Lena got groped in Space. while these are both very realistic things that happened i feel like it could've been used to add to the plot other than making Lina not want to go back to Space again (which is reasonable.) 2) I loved the characters, except for Matteo. I'd love to type so many profanities at him but that's beside the point. Mimi had no substance. She lacked personality other than to pose the purpose and play the part of the mean model chick.  3) I get that this book was meant to keep a lighthearted/happy tone but there could've been more to tap into with Matteo and Hadley's relationship and how toxic it was. 4) Matteo is a con. Lina using Thomas to get to the party is a con. Mimi's lack of personality is a con. How little we see outside of Howard/Lina/Ren/and Hadley('s previous life) is a con.

All in all, I did enjoy reading this book and annotating it. It was cute and romantic and cheesy and just easy to follow along with. It brought me through my emotions and left me satisfied with the ending. Frankly, I don't think I'd recommend this to anyone but if you read it then you've read it, if you don't I do not think you're missing out on anything that special. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual harassment and Pregnancy