Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Patricia Wants to Cuddle by Samantha Allen

57 reviews

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

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

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

enyltiak's review

adventurous dark funny lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Just such a fun read. I loved Renee as a character,

she made such a great final girl for this story,

and the romance between Maggie and Kathy that's explored through letters in the last third of the book genuinely almost brought me to tears. A win for the lesbians.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Animal death, Gore, Religious bigotry, Violence, and Car accident

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Abortion, and Alcoholism

cruel's review

dark funny mysterious

• 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? Yes

4.5

if you don't really care about the reality show plot this book might not be for you as it takes up the majority of the story, but personally as someone who doesn't really care for reality shows or even the horror genre i still really enjoyed this! i wished it could've been just a liiittle bit longer, either to flesh out our mc in particular more or to take some more time learning about

the lesbian death cult

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Alcoholism

mathmagicalreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body horror, Car accident, Death, and Gore

Minor: Alcoholism and Abortion

grunbean's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

I devoured this. This book is my flavour of weird, and I could not put it down. Woman’s wrongs, reality TV and commentary on society, lesbians, the Pacific Northwest, and a cryptid? Sign me up.

From the reviews I read I was expecting this to be pulpy. I can see that, but is this is pulp then it’s the best pulp I’ve ever read. I want more of this, which is my only complaint. 

I don’t feel like I can describe my experience without spoilers. It might not be the weirdest out there, but it will take you for a wild ride. And, for me, the gore is VISCERAL.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Abortion, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Biphobia, and Homophobia

inkworm's review

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Bullying, Alcoholism, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Abortion

cmboyke's review

dark funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

This was the perfect thrill ride to pull me out of my reading slump. Once I started, it was difficult not to read the rest. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Classism, Religious bigotry, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Bullying, Colonisation, Sexism, Violence, Gore, Homophobia, Medical content, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Lesbophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Gun violence, Sexual harassment, Death, Car accident, Murder, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Self harm, Ableism, Drug use, Kidnapping, Abortion, Biphobia, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Racism, Stalking, and Toxic friendship