Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Ein wenig Leben by Hanya Yanagihara

190 reviews

robinsera's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

1.0

trauma porn 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Ableism, Eating disorder, Gore, Medical content, Physical abuse, Stalking, Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Vomit, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Death, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

chrzasy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Self harm, Medical content, Kidnapping, Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, Ableism, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Eating disorder, Cursing, Body shaming, Blood, Alcoholism, Addiction, Violence, Trafficking, Rape, Pedophilia, Chronic illness, and Child abuse

jocularjacob's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Pedophilia, Vomit, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Ableism, Alcoholism, Blood, Addiction, and Body horror

Minor: Car accident, Death, Cursing, Bullying, Cancer, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Death of parent, Child abuse, Child death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Gore

opalrf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Blood, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, and Torture

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, and Drug use

liv_lovesbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

3.5

I could never in good conscience recommend this book because of the explicit, dark themes. It is beautifully written and if you are not sensitive to most types of trauma, you may love it. I cried to the point of dehydration and headache and felt simultaneously heavy and empty when I finished it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Child abuse, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Blood, Trafficking, Self harm, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Rape, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Medical content, Grief, Death, Chronic illness, Car accident, and Ableism

Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Drug use, Dysphoria, Addiction, Abandonment, Violence, Alcoholism, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, and Drug abuse

Minor: Infidelity and Death of parent

dreadpiraterudis's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book is just so desperately sad. Beautiful, but so sad. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Drug use, Medical trauma, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Hate crime, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Torture, Ableism, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, and Trafficking

helena_sp_07's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Excrement, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Ableism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Outing, Eating disorder, Drug use, and Alcohol

Minor: Dementia, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cancer, Hate crime, and Torture

lexiemartin878's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Cultural appropriation, Drug use, Rape, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Addiction, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Child abuse, Blood, Chronic illness, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Bullying, Body shaming, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Torture, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Sexual content, Confinement, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

VEEY VERY heavy read trigger warnings before reading please please please

bbyimissingu's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Mental illness, Rape, Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Eating disorder, Body horror, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Medical content, Sexual assault, Self harm, Medical trauma, Grief, and Alcoholism

alisonannk's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Dysphoria, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Blood, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Child death, Chronic illness, Gore, Outing, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Trafficking

Moderate: Dementia, Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Religious bigotry, Addiction, Alcohol, Racism, Cancer, and Vomit