Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

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16 reviews

avisreadsandreads's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol and Child death

torismazarine's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty and Pregnancy

gogojira's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment and Alcohol

mclopez's review against another edition

reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Interesting look at a young Irish girl's summer in an old Isle town.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death and Alcohol

sophsg88's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense fast-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Child death, Alcohol, Abandonment, and Death

risemini's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Death, Grief, and Child death

vixenreader's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative lighthearted reflective sad fast-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

5.0

A foot wide and a mile deep, this is a beautiful novel about familial love outside of a biological family, the struggles of poverty as a child, and opening up to other possibilities after loss. I do not cry much since I have cried while reading a book, but this one broke the streak. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Classism, Grief, and Child death

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Alcohol and Alcoholism

Be aware that there was a child who died from drowning and a funeral presenting an open casket.

carlytenille's review against another edition

hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Alcohol, and Abandonment

lizkocher's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective relaxing sad slow-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Pregnancy

atamano's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol and Pregnancy