Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Patricia Wants to Cuddle by Samantha Allen

63 reviews

jill_holly's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

A fun destination horror romp, like a beach read for slasher fans. I enjoyed the dark humour and changing POVs of several women who are part of a reality dating show à la The Bachelor. It was short, fast-paced and satisfying. Listening to it as a full cast audio book was especially entertaining, at times it felt like I was almost watching the reality show itself devolving into weird chaos. It scratched that same silly reality tv itch with a big helping of WTF for good measure. I only wished the author explored more of "her," but overall, a delightful horror read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Vomit, Gore, Alcoholism, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Car accident

eggboy397's review against another edition

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

Moderate: Murder and Alcoholism

Minor: Lesbophobia

joensign's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Car accident, Gun violence, Homophobia, Alcoholism, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Abortion, Cancer, and Child abuse

macncheese_pdf's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Abortion and Alcoholism

supermarioctopus's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

Not at all what I expected, but a fun read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Gore, Death, and Violence

Minor: Abortion, Lesbophobia, Alcoholism, Terminal illness, Racism, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Cancer

wisewayfarer's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

Slow wind up about influencers on a dating show with a thrilling end. Only complaint is felt like all the action was packed in the ending/final pages of the book. Otherwise an interesting read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Blood, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Abortion, Alcoholism, and Cursing

stine_0's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Car accident, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Alcoholism, Gore, Murder, and Gun violence

Moderate: Racism, Alcohol, Death, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Murder, Bullying, Confinement, Alcoholism, Gore, Blood, Car accident, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, and Biphobia

Minor: Biphobia, Vomit, Bullying, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Racism, Alcoholism, Lesbophobia, Sexism, and Alcohol

missdeaddoll's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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? It's complicated

4.5

This was slow in some areas and I didn’t connect with it immediately, but I’m glad I stayed with it because I LOVED the ending. The writing is very descriptive, you get good character background, a good amount of blood and gore, and you have lgbt characters. Renee was my favorite character, she’s the smartest character and she finds herself through everything. I enjoyed the formatting of the book; some chapters were from character perspectives, some from blogs about the show, and some were love letters. Really cute ending. I have discovered every book I like I want a film adaptation for. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Death, and Gore

Minor: Religious bigotry, Sexism, Bullying, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Abortion, and Alcoholism

chanlo1994's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

This was an interesting read, because it felt like I was reading a horror film (in a cool way). I wish it was a little longer to explain a few more things, but I believe it's so we can leave it up to our imagination about what actually happened and why.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Gore, Gun violence, Outing, Murder, Vomit, Car accident, Homophobia, and Body horror

Moderate: Alcoholism

withlivjones's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This was a gripping read. I don’t read a lot of horror or gore but I was thoroughly glued to the page. The characters are all pretty morally grey and unlikeable, and I enjoyed the exploration of the reality TV genre. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Death, Body horror, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Vomit, Alcoholism, and Suicidal thoughts