Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

403 reviews

picaresquedreamer's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Sexual content

cait's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

lajackson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

kal517's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content

lisavandonselaar's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism

blessedbamboo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism and Death of parent

Minor: Kidnapping

pippwynn's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.75

Interesting concept but poorly executed. Most of the book felt forced/rushed, and it wasn't overly satisfying to finally have the two characters get together. It felt like a love triangle where both men are actually the same person and the only one who doesn't know is the woman. Which could have been good but I felt zero chemistry between the two characters in person until after they officially get together. I really wanted to love this book but overall it felt somewhat lackluster. I'll still read the next one but if I didn't already own it I probably would have forgotten about it before I ever got around to buying it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death of parent, and War

awenya's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I didn’t realize this would be a war book. I was told it was basically You Got Mail which was the first half of the book and was absolutely lovely. The end takes a hard shift and turns into Saving Private Ryan. It was a good book, but I wasn’t prepared and I’m not sure I would have read it if I had known it would be so war-focused.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Death of parent

chaptermaggot's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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

3.0

The pacing of this was so weird and the characters weren’t super compelling. It was riveting at times though and I’m excited to see what happens next bc what a crazy ending! 

By weird pacing I mean it just seemed rushed and slow and various points in Iris’s relationships, life events and the over all war. Important things felt rushed, simpler things seemed to drag on… etc.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

amelianotthepilot's review against another edition

5.0

ughhhhh this book had me punchin walls and kicking blankets it was so cute
Iris Winnow has won a writing competition and although she didn't finish school because they ran out of money she now has the opportunity to become a columnist at a leading newspaper in the city. However, her academic rival, Roman C Kitt, is a wealthy git who seems to do everything in his power to annoy her and is her only competition for the columnist role. 
*stefan voice* This book has everything: rivals to lovers, austen-esque letter exchanges, the missed important letter trope, 1940s city vibes but with a magical twist, a rich boy not allowed to pursue his true love since shes poor, a poor girl struggling to get by but not letting anyone know or help, a WWI-esque war, and a god problem with persephoneXhades vibes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Gore, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail