Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim

6 reviews

chrisljm's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.75

I didn’t dislike the romance but I did wish it was more of a slowburn. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Sexism, Violence, War, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Child death

Moderate: Death of parent, Slavery, Alcohol, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

Minor: Abandonment

thenovelbookshelf's review

adventurous dark lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

A beautiful story that imbues Chinese mythology and a combination of retellings of Mulan and Rumpelstiltskin.
  
The story is set in two parts. The first is Maia's competition to be the Imperial tailor, and the second is Maia's journey and quest to complete three mythical dresses for the Imperial wedding. 
  
There is love, heartbreak, death, and longing to be throughout the story. Magic, demons, Chinese mythology, and enchantments help create a wonderful first book in this duology. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: War, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Body shaming, Death, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

themiscyra_anna's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Torture, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Body shaming and Alcohol

- threat of sexual slavery AKA unconsentual marriage - historically-inspired setting meaning cissexism in description and assumptions about others and the world - magical personalised and institutionalised form of slavery

booksthatburn's review against another edition

The main character disguises herself as a (specific) boy with a disability she doesn't have. That was iffy enough, but my hell no point was when she bound her chest for five days with no breaks and then kept going through the pain. I'm not interested in watching a character either slowly distort her ribcage through unsafe binding practices, or mysteriously have it just be painful but have no other consequences.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Child death, Death, Grief, Classism, Ableism, and Misogyny

Minor: Alcohol and War

chancients's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Death of parent, War, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, and Adult/minor relationship

matheo's review

adventurous emotional funny sad

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Colonisation, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, War, Gore, and Alcohol

Moderate: Rape and Sexual content