Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery

5 reviews

helenafaustina's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

4.5

This book kept getting better and better, and I'm glad I picked it up.

The first thing I'd like to say is that this would be a great book to read for anyone who wants to get into creative writing. There is a lot of descriptive writing with beautiful similes, prose, and things like that that are not only enjoyable, but would be really good for students to pay attention to.

It's a cozy book, full of twists and turns. It gets rather crazy at some points, and there was a lot of shocking plot twists that I didn't expect, although I did predict one from the beginning that I'm proud of myself for. I'd like to reread this knowing all that happens. The writing, in true Montgomery fashion, is gorgeous. As a nature lover myself I absolutely relished those parts. Romantic tropes came up, but it wasn't cringy, and it was enjoyable and sweet. 

The only think that made me take away a half star was that during Valancy's rebellion, her attitude towards swearing was weird. She was decent in every way, but she had become weirdly tolerant of it to the point of considering doing it herself. It was an odd point in her character development.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Grief, Medical trauma, Bullying, Medical content, Cursing, and Death

Minor: Sexual content

Mild swear words, like d*mn. Mild physical romance, nothing to worry about.

town_scar's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious relaxing 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

4.75

Only knocking it down a peg because I was 50% through the audiobook before it could hold my attention. But the ending blew me away, so I'll have to buy a paperback of it someday to give it a reread. Unlike my beloved Anne novels, this one has one steady arc of plot rather than a slew of vignettes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, and Death

Moderate: Dysphoria, Religious bigotry, Body shaming, Alcohol, Bullying, Alcoholism, and Emotional abuse

kelleykamanda's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

3.0

Predictable and nothing particularly novel, but gentle, easy and nice nonetheless.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Bullying

Moderate: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Abandonment, Alcoholism, and Misogyny

Minor: Child death, Death, and Sexual harassment

lizzye33's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism and Chronic illness

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, and Medical content

Minor: Sexism, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Misogyny, and Terminal illness

juliarchetype's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and Death

Moderate: Alcohol and Alcoholism