Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

385 reviews

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-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? No

4.5

Cute story and my only complaint is I wish the gods and world were fleshed out more. Hopefully the next book goes into more detail about those things. I liked all the characters and the pacing was good. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Sexual content

almendraa's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

Ha sido una lectura exquisita.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Classism and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Sexual content

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

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

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

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

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, War, and Death of parent

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

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: Blood, War, and Death

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: Death of parent, Alcoholism, 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, War, and Blood

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Death of parent