Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Toutes les nuances de la nuit by Chris Whitaker

58 reviews

erin_retka_cos's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

paigealbi's review against another edition

5.0

dark funny 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

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This book is a RIDE. Maybe a little bit too much of a ride. I really enjoyed it and raced to the end and was not particularly confused as I've read others were. Perhaps this is because I read a lot of long confusing fantasy novels, but I can see how others would lose track of the story. There are also some plot fails and the story gets more and more preposterous as it goes. Still, I loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War

Minor: Homophobia

hannahbooof's review against another edition

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Bad pacing, too long, stories were set up to be thrilling and then fizzled out, too many characters with no explanations. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Kidnapping, Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Abortion

sirpandacat's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious tense

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Alcohol

Minor: Rape

thebookaddict's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious 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

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Deze dikke thriller geeft een uitgebreid beeld van het leven de hoofdpersonages. Soms zelf iets te breed. Het verhaal is erg uitgebreid, maar hierdoor raakte ik soms de draad kwijt. Ik had het gevoel dat een hele hoop informatie overbodig was. Het concept van dit verhaal is wel heel uniek. De manier hoe kunst hier wordt beschreven en verwerkt vond ik erg mooi. De schrijfstijl is ondanks dat het erg uitgebreid is wel goed en duidelijk. Het leest vlot weg en ik had geen moeite om dingen te begrijpen. Ik vond het sterk dat op het einde heel veel dingen logisch werden. De puzzelstukjes vielen voor mij op zijn plek. Stiekem had ik gehoopt op een goed einde voor twee van karakter, eventueel een kleine liefde🫣. 

Het boek bevat ook een aantal duistere onderwerpen, dus ik denk dat je je hier wel goed van bewust moet zijn. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Incest, Pregnancy

headinthepages's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

mindypickens101's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Alcohol

lbris2484's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

machenn's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious slow-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

bookscatcoffee's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

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This was a really immersive, enjoyable read!  It was long and required me to take it in small bites, which I enjoyed.  There are hard truths in this book, but the writing is wonderful and the characters are fully realized.  Definitely worth reading!  5 stars

Mystery

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail