Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Love Letters to the Dead by Ava Dellaira

20 reviews

lilyatwell's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Suicide, Death, Mental illness, and Sexual assault

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Grief, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Suicide, Infidelity, Outing, and Religious bigotry

scarlet_soul's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Outing, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

the_escapist's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual assault, Vomit, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

zeus's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Grief, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual harassment, Vomit, and Rape

hijabi_reads's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Grief, and Rape

mimi_gonetosleep's review against another edition

dark hopeful sad tense slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Rape, Suicide, Death, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Outing, Mental illness, Grief, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Dementia

puekki's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Grief, Sexual assault, and Suicide

Moderate: Outing, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and Abandonment

emma_123's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

naju's review against another edition

sad tense medium-paced

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

1.5

  rereading this now, i remember liking the book when i was 16, but completely forgetting the plot as soon as i finished it. i was in a bad place and i guess i saw myself in laurel (and it didn't raise any red flags lmao)
 i wouldn't recommend it really to anyone. it feels like a filler book from the late 2010s of the john green variation. it's nothing new, in fact it tries to be the perks of being a wallflower very often. it adds nothing to the YA genre of not like other girls it tries to be, except its stylistic promise of being told to us via love letters written to dead people.

✧

(old review from 2016) 
3.5
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 okay this book was a rollercoaster of emotions. laurel is for some reason so relatable to me(?) but yet she's so different. she seems like she's in a rush to find herself and at the same time trying to become someone she's not and i thought that was so cool!!
 anyways, i loved the concept of the book and the story was so so good and written in a way that makes you want to devour it in one sitting. 
 BUT i should warn anyone who wants to read that there are many mentions of drugs/alcohol/rape/abuse/etc. so beware!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, and Rape