Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

35 reviews

kmack79's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

5.0

I absolutely enjoyed this book! It was mainly in Leni's perspective, a 13 yr old girl pulled to Alaska when her father came back from being a POW in the Vietnam War, and he came back a very different person! Leni and her mother walk on eggshells to try to keep him happy! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Violence, Cursing, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Alcoholism, Classism, Gaslighting, Grief, Physical abuse, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, War, and Child abuse

annakinsky's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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? Yes

3.5

I love the description of Alaska, and how they lived and learned to survive there, makes me want to just go there and explore be one of the "tourist". I gave it only a 3.5, though, because I find some parts of the story cumbersome and unnecessary already. I almost DNF when the chief Curt arrested her, although I kind of knew it already.. so some parts are also predictable. It's also forced to be complicated and have some events that were too unrealistic for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, War, Alcohol, Death, Domestic abuse, Police brutality, Suicide, Addiction, Gun violence, Blood, Car accident, Cursing, Physical abuse, and Violence

nc_unknown_user's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, War, Murder, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gaslighting, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death, Cursing, Death of parent, Gun violence, Cancer, Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, and Gore

Minor: Pregnancy

elle_laine's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense 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

5.0

Simply breathtaking! Very emotional and brought on all the tears, but I loved every minute of this audiobook. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Cursing

craizydaizy1014's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, War, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Death, Cancer, Murder, Blood, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Animal death

pagesinthesnow's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Murder, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Gore, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Medical content, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Violence, and Cancer

Moderate: Gun violence, Pregnancy, Cursing, Animal death, Car accident, and Child abuse

Minor: Vomit, Misogyny, Classism, and Fatphobia

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, War, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Colonisation, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, and Physical abuse

scraig04018's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

I wish there were more than 5 stars. I wish that my words were eloquent enough to describe just how beautiful this book is. My first book by thus author and was hooked. The characters tug at your heart. You want to hug each of them, the setting and plot is beautiful but dark and frightful. But, the community and acceptance is beautiful. I cannot say enough, this is one of my top 5 ever read and I will be reading it again to find things I've missed! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Pregnancy, Death, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Murder, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Violence

As many trigger warnings as there are. Thus is a story of survival and finding one's voice. It's beautiful.

srq_book_lover's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Violence, Physical abuse, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, and Grief

elizabeth_ilean's review against another edition

I can’t get past the manipulation and abuse of the dad. It’s nothing graphic, but that combined with his fixation on prepping for when ‘the shit hits the fan’ and trying to fear monger the town to prevent progress… It’s very emotionally exhausting 😆

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Cursing, Alcoholism, and Toxic relationship