Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

You'd Be Home Now by Kathleen Glasgow

28 reviews

thiasgomez's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Death, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Grief, Car accident, Sexual content, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Bullying

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Rape, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Cancer, and Pedophilia

goldyyy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Mental illness

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Alcohol, Cancer, and Chronic illness

booksofautumn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Cancer, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Body shaming, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Sexual content

danaaliyalevinson's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

So, I admittedly went into this one not realizing it's YA, which is not my genre. That said, considering this as a YA book, I think it's an important read about teenage addiction and its impact on families that many teenagers are going to feel seen in. 

I was also heartened by its brave ending that refused to give easy answers, and even further heartened by the author's note explaining her own addiction and sobriety journey, which is most certainly a big part of why, for me, as someone who also has a history of addiction and several years sober at this point, the narrative felt so honest.

Sometimes it did feel like that YA thing where an adult author is imagining what kids these days are like and it's not quite right. 

But overall, a good read and I think an important YA entry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Classism, Car accident, Drug abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

wishyouweresober's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This book broke my heart in so many ways. Justice for Emory and Joey...they just deserve to be happy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, Car accident, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Grief, Sexism, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content

This book deals with A LOT of triggering things. So please check the warnings before reading.

pages_rewritten's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Murder, Bullying, Car accident, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Suicide attempt

kayleyayley's review against another edition

emotional sad 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? Yes

5.0

Yet another amazing book by Kathleen Glasgow. Real depictions of addiction and the effects on family and community, along with how addicts are treated and the stigma around mental illness. The reality of recovery and relapse. Realistic character flaws and development. I love Kathleen Glasgow. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Car accident, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Alcoholism

bella_cavicchi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

In classic Glasgow fashion, this was deeply moving, 'quiet' in the sense that its themes weigh heavy and the drama lies in all that is not said. A sobering reminder, too, of how this country fails anyone struggling with addiction. I think it would be interesting to read in tandem with Heather Demetrios' LITTLE UNIVERSES. Recommend, for sure.

(Also it shout-outs theatre teachers and that is always a WIN in my book!!!)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Car accident, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Grief

Moderate: Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Sexism

Minor: Alcohol, Abandonment, and Cursing