Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

127 reviews

lotoblanco's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense 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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Rape, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death

disguisedposer's review

dark funny fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Confinement, Drug use, Eating disorder, Rape, Self harm, Terminal illness, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, and Alcohol

ynadavis's review against another edition

challenging 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? It's complicated

0.5

If you catch me reading another Grady Hendrix, book, please assume that *I've* been possessed.

Like it's so easy to compare him to Riley Sager in the men using androgynous names to write exclusively female main characters club but at least Sager doesn't include discussion of sexual violence against literal children in all* of his books?

* Don't come at me if it's not ALL of them, this is book three of three at this point and I'm over it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Vomit, and Kidnapping

Minor: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Death, Slavery, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

loscamp4lyf's review

dark tense fast-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

4.0

fun to read, a very quick read, be mindful of triggers

i do wish we got a confirmed reason as to how andras got into gretchen in the first place

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Gore, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Forced institutionalization

spookytaco's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Blood, Vomit, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, and Classism

shaneent's review

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.5

This story of the possession of a high school girl's best friend has great 80s vibes and lots of creepy horror. The tension increased throughout the novel with each horrifying act of the demon. The story explored the fear of losing a friend, through change or over time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Eating disorder, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Rape and Alcohol

lagaialettrice's review

dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, and Alcohol

aseel_reads's review

challenging 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

This was a wild ride. It definitely felt authentic to the 80s, which was such an interesting (and not as great) time. I find it hard to rate the book any higher because of the subject matter but I did like the ending about friendship. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

gen_wolfhailstorm's review

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

The Details:
Narrated by Emily Woo Zeller
Unabridged 

This was such an entertaining read. The relationships, both toxic and pure, was such a fantastic study of high school life, but added in sinister atmosphere with the whole possession plot (which reminded me of Jennifers Body mid way through).

It wasn't really that scary but the scene with Good Boy Max the dog made me feel sick.

The manipulation of Gretchen as she became deeper consumed by her demon was interesting to see, especially when no one else could see what was happening other that Abby.

I thought the ending about friendship was so sad and true and it wrapped up perfectly, with closure, as I like my stories to do.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Homophobia, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

msbedelia's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Drug use, Eating disorder, Vomit, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Homophobia