Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary

48 reviews

vanesst's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Stalking

Minor: Infidelity, Sexual content, Body shaming, Medical content, Terminal illness, Alcohol, and Cancer

mooshake's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted 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? Yes

3.75

very sweet! i did think that

the misunderstanding with justin proposing to tiffy

was a tad cliché, but otherwise i really enjoyed it :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Gaslighting

Minor: Alcohol

chrisljm's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful tense 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

4.5

love tiffy and leon 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual content, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Terminal illness

Minor: Death, Fatphobia, War, Cancer, Homophobia, Medical content, Racism, Cursing, and Sexual assault

alexreadsalex's review against another edition

lighthearted relaxing 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcohol, Terminal illness, and Stalking

jadziaaudrey's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Stalking

Moderate: Cursing and Toxic relationship

Minor: Homophobia, Blood, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Cancer, Violence, and Medical content

sophshelves's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse

tatianars's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Chronic illness, Alcohol, Cursing, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, and Panic attacks/disorders

purplepenning's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

This took quite a long while to come together for me. I liked both of the main characters, and generally enjoy a dual narration, but hoo boy, the clipped, dropped-subject voice of Leon's narration was hard to adjust to. Overall, though, it's a unique, satisfying, closed door romance with some fun publishing insider elements.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Alcohol

*Content notes: one character is a hospice nurse, one character is exiting an emotionally abusive relationship, one character has been wrongly convicted and incarcerated; there's gaslighting, emotional manipulation, stalking, confrontation, and restraining orders

mrswolf_mcwolf's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted reflective relaxing tense 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? It's complicated

4.75

i really liked the book i started shaking because of it but the only thing i didn't like is that there wasn't any quotation marks which made it harder to read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Terminal illness, Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Cancer

capybooks's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.0

I really enjoyed this book. It wasn’t perfect, but I think it is definitely worth a read if you enjoy the forced proximity and friends to lovers tropes. I like that the chapters were shorter, and I absolutely adore how Tiffy and Leon communicate via post-it notes. I didn’t expect Leon’s brother’s storyline, but it was a nice surprise that gave the novel more depth. This book had a lovely ending. I hated how Leon’s chapters were written, even though I can appreciate it reflects how he is as a person. My least favourite characters were Kay and most definitely Justin. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Blood, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, and Alcohol