Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

There There by Tommy Orange

322 reviews

besan's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, and Alcohol

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Suicide

mdwsn27's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

ezreaadingo's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

This is a tragically beautiful book with a wide array of characters who are all dealing with their own personal struggle/trauma. The characters are love able/hate able/ and relate able all at the same time. Beauty and tragedy wrapped into this story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Gun violence

Moderate: Racism

megsug's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism

solenodon's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Mass/school shootings, and Colonisation

Moderate: Animal death, Drug abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, and Pregnancy

allisoncdn's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Gun violence, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

lindsaylitlover's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative 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

4.25

A really deeply moving story that manages to balance information about the Native American experience and emotional family stories with irreverence and humor. I generally enjoy stories that bring together multiple separate character threads to a final cohesive narrative/event, and this is a particularly well executed example of that trope. I will be thinking about this one for a while.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Abandonment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, and Car accident

libbybooboo1123's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense fast-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

4.5

thoughts:
I don’t usually read contemporary so this was a good book to get me out of my comfort zone. The writing was superb, the complexity of the characters was enthralling and the connections between them intricate. The moments of reflection were also great.

 I would have loved to know what happens to the characters next, I feel like the ending was so sudden and there were still story lines that didn’t get wrapped up fully. There was a lot of backstory on the characters until suddenly the tragic events happens and then it’s chaos. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Colonisation

glitter_kit's review against another edition

dark emotional

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Gun violence, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

dimeryrene's review against another edition

challenging reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Beautiful stories, was nice to see how they all connected and eventually blew up. Nice slow pacing, I thought - just meandering through each life with a good pay off at the end. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Gun violence