Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Férias de Sonho by Katherine St. John

4 reviews

ems_rxlibrary's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Rape, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, and Drug use

ashleynewman's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

One of my favorite books of the year and SO underrated. Why haven’t I heard more about this book?? Literally impossible to put down. A yacht in the south of France, a vacation turned sinister, old white billionaires being taken down by millennial women…I’ll take it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and Toxic friendship

collinsd's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual content, Death, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Sexual assault

kyriannaj's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

0.5

CHECK TRIGGER WARNINGS BEFORE READING THIS BOOK!!!

This book is a bit complicated. The ending plot twists help explain the main character's actions throughout, but without knowing them it seems as if the main character has no issue with the things happening to her and around her. It does an amazing job slowly delving more and more into the past giving you just enough information each time to understand another piece of the puzzle without fully knowing everything. However, the way the book deals with certain triggering topics comes across as very casual and with no regard for the severity of them. Additionally, the traumatic events are never fully dealt with in the book and simply exist in the background before eventually disappearing, or in one case are used to villify a character. There was a lot of potential with this book but I felt it missed the mark at almost every point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Violence