Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

The Beauty That Remains by Ashley Woodfolk

8 reviews

strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

This book is all about grief and struggling to find oneself after the death of a loved one. This is a book that I had to be in the right headspace to read and sometimes it was really hard. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicide, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Death, Drug use, and Grief

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Blood

axel_p's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I cried at least 5 times!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Drug use, Violence, Cancer, Car accident, Suicide, and Terminal illness

stories's review against another edition

challenging sad medium-paced

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

2.5

It was fine, I guess. From the blurbs, I didn’t expect it to be as heavily focussed on survivors working their way through grief, but maybe that’s on me. “Music” very much is background rather than centric - much more a story of teenagers dealing with the loss of their friends. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Drug use, Addiction, Cancer, and Suicide

psistillreadyou's review against another edition

dark sad slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Mental illness

Moderate: Car accident, Death, Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, and Drug abuse

Minor: Violence and Suicidal thoughts

addyson_raelynn's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Suicide

teora's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Car accident, Child death, Death, Grief, and Suicide

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Homophobia

peachani's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Car accident, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Cancer, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Terminal illness

Minor: Cursing

vee's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Really sweet, even given how heavy the content matter is. Really easy to read and the characters just felt real. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Cancer and Alcoholism

Minor: Homophobia