Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

38 reviews

euannn900's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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First of all, what a way to end a book, and a great book at that. The story was captivating and emotional, and the characters had great depth. Every one of them had problems, but watching the way they dealt with them was inspiring and fascinating. My only gripe with this book was that it didn't trust its readers to be able to work things out on their own, and over-explained many things because of this. On top of that it was a bit repetitive at times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Alcoholism

lillian_hallelujah's review

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring reflective 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Physical abuse, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent

rxwyn's review

4.5

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Deadnaming, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Classism

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

lenorayoder's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective sad tense

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

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A classic for a reason! It’s a little juvenile but it’s supposed to be. Lots of heart. I’m gonna go read fan fiction about Dally and Johnny and wonder if the icon herself wrote it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol

Minor: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

isabelle_mary's review

5.0

adventurous emotional reflective sad 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: Yes

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I knew that when I reread this book I was going to be once again blown away at how a simple story can have such an impact on the reader. I remember reading this in middle school and being so invested in the world of greasers and socses and that happened to be the case again. Show casing that just because you come from the wrong side of the tracks in no way means that you are a bad person. I will forever love this book and hope it continues to be read in schools. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment

lemongamer61's review

5.0

emotional 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death of parent, Murder

ali1311's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense 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

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This book was even better than I remembered it being when I was younger. The narration was so character-driven and so deep inside Ponyboy's own head that you really got a sense of the world and people in this story. Heartbreaking and beautiful. A great kid's book that doesn't shy away from the complexities children face and know about. It tackles those issues head on and never does anything but assume the reader is as smart, if not smarter, than Ponyboy himself. Stay gold :')

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent

moonage_daydream16's review against another edition

5.0

emotional inspiring fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Physical abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

zephyrus127's review

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism

jeremie's review

4.75

adventurous emotional hopeful 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: Yes

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made me cry like a bitch

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Murder, War, Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism