Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Real Easy by Marie Rutkoski

3 reviews

frmeden's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Stalking, Child death, Murder, and Sexism

Moderate: Grief, Car accident, Alcohol, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Infertility, Lesbophobia, Drug use, Terminal illness, and Transphobia

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

3.75

I found some of it to be long-winded. I didn’t feel it was necessary to have back stories on everyone — including the people that discovered the remains. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Child death, Abandonment, Car accident, Gore, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Sexism, Sexual content, Stalking, Murder, Grief, Torture, Violence, Body horror, Misogyny, Infertility, Death, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Minor: Pedophilia

niaviolet's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Good mystery with interesting characters. Everyone in the book feels fully-formed, even if you only get their point of view for a couple pages. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Murder

Minor: Transphobia, Stalking, and Sexual assault