Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee

115 reviews

bskell's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Alcoholism and Animal death

abbyhrc's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

i put no for the diverse characters because despite the main ship being lesbians and the short appearance of a non-binary character, most of them are white and the black character's role was pretty much narrowed to educating felicity about racism... i also knocked it down to 4.25 because the ending felt very rushed compared to the slow pace of the book. however, contrary to most, i loved the way her psychosis was portrayed because it felt very real, we had no idea what was going on or not

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Murder

Moderate: Gore and Alcoholism

graspuppie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, and Alcoholism

Minor: Grief

nicoleacedit's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? No

2.0

 

This was a very weird book. Aside from the general unlikeableness of the characters, the writing was very repetitive at times. Certain phrases would appear multiple times even in the same chapter or on the same page but not in a way that makes it feel like it was intentionally done for emphasis or the like. Just really not my cup of tea :/

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Murder, Abandonment, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Death, Animal death, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Transphobia

thecourtofreading's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.25

i thoroughly enjoyed this book. i love anything to do with same sex boarding schools, lesbianism, WITCHES, dark academia ... it was literally what i love on paper. it was very addicting to read, very easy to grasp the concept of, although the only reason i docked it from a 4.5 to a 4.25 is the ending. it did feel a little rushed, although it was extremely effective, i don't know if it was the ending i wanted. i could definitely think of a couple more ways of how this book could've wrapped up, but nonetheless i really enjoyed it. i also liked that felicity was a very, very unreliable narrator, which i think made the story a lot more twisty and fun. i did see another reviewer on goodreads say ellis was a donna tartt self-insert, and it made me laugh because i can kind of see it? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Murder, Death, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death

tc_booksandmore's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug use, Mental illness, and Animal death

Minor: Murder and Vomit

tulilipz's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

wait what????? but i still have so many questions 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Animal death, Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Minor: Racism, Eating disorder, and Classism

lqvekanej's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Murder, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Death, Abandonment, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Cursing and Sexual content

lavender_lake's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

One of the best books I’ve read! Mesmerising, tense and cozy all at once. And it not containing a single cis male character is the cherry on top for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Violence, Murder, Sexual content, Vomit, Alcoholism, Body horror, Animal death, and Death

angietheace's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Mental illness, Animal death, and Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism