Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Before We Disappear by Shaun David Hutchinson

10 reviews

garbutch's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Blood, Gaslighting, Torture, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Trafficking, Violence, Alcohol, Gun violence, Stalking, Child death, Confinement, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Vomit, Trafficking, Gun violence, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death, Child death, Slavery, Racism, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Child abuse, and Murder

lilly_anne's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad 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: Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Blood, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Misogyny, Death of parent, Sexism, and Cursing

Minor: Stalking and Vomit

monniebiloney's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Had a great beginning and a great climax, but was a little slow in the middle. 
I loved the setting alot, and William and Jack were cute together. I loved how even though the "romance" was the main motivator for the main characters actions (it's because Jack liked William that he decided that he had to help William away from his' abusive "family", and it's because William was in love with Jack that he was willing to brave against his abusive "Father" ). 

The best part of this book was definitely the climax,

the fact the MC told his "mother" about what happened and they all worked together to con Teddy so that Teddy would get arrested was great! I thought it was hilarious when the mom diches out with the gold. It's a slight plot hole that she decided to not tell Jack and just ditch out on him [it felt like that was done just so that Jack could be free, rather then something she would do]

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Trafficking, Torture, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Blood, Alcohol, Sexism, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Violence, and Gaslighting

Minor: Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical content, Murder, Vomit, Self harm, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Stalking, Lesbophobia, and Racism

robin_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.5

Someone said this The Night Circus x The Prestige and they’re not wrong. 
The constant abuse of both protagonists was difficult to read at times, not gonna lie but still it was wonderful. 
If I could wish for anything it would be two more pages, thanks 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Misogyny, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, and Racism

Found family

tkhenry99's review against another edition

3.5

more magical realism than fantasy (not a problem just a misrepresentation). 

the story was fun and everything, but i felt like the characters relationships developed really fast for no reason. everyone jack meets he immediately becomes besties with? and he was supposed to have a familial bond with lucia and evangeline, but

when they abandon him at the end he barely spares them a second thought?

It felt inconsistent that he kept saying they were his family, but didn’t really seem to care about them in the end. 

i often thought the dialogue was weird and forced, like the author was trying too hard to be poetic. 

the end also starts to drag, i found myself skimming a lot just to get to the end. the dual POV didn’t help 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child abuse and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexism, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Racism, Blood, Confinement, Homophobia, Misogyny, Alcohol, and Gun violence

orchidd's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? N/A

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Racism, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Gaslighting, Stalking, Misogyny, Sexism, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, and Murder

aus10england's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.75

First five star fiction of the year! 

Wow, my least reached genres are for sure historical fiction and fantasy, but in this case it just WORKED for me. 

I found the main characters charming yet flawed, and their actions made sense with their character development.

I may be biased as a Seattleite, but I very much enjoyed being sent back to that time and learning some new history along the way. It was nice to have characters who were free to love in the 1910’s even though that would be very historically inaccurate for the time period obviously. 

Overall, a great read that I’ll be thinking about for the rest of the year!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Slavery, and Torture

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Alcohol

rey_therese07's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Murder, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Kidnapping, Grief, Gaslighting, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Drug use, Racism, Homophobia, Sexism, and Sexual content

being_stupid's review

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Murder and Sexual harassment

simixfe's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted tense fast-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

The only thing I didn't love were the "inspirational" and "deep" quotes the author threw in at random

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Racism, Sexual harassment, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcohol and Death of parent