Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen

7 reviews

alixsbooktherapy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This is such a good thriller/mystery book this was my first greer hendricks book and I absolutely loved it, the story was really well written and I felt like I was along on this journey. Page 323 please take care of yourself I was hoping trey  would get murdered. We got to see that shay wasn't the only one at the station when Amanda killed herself this book definitely will have you on the edge of your seat and I can't recommend it enough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Drug use, Murder, Alcoholism, and Suicide

bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

5.0

After loving An Anonymous Girl, I knew I wanted to read more from this duo! I enjoyed the switching POVs, mainly between Shay and Cassandra/Jane! We also get flashes from other side characters both past and present.

I loved the character developments and complexities, with each POV they have distinctive voices from one another.

Without being too spoiler-y, it was so interesting to see Cassandra and Jane going from these protectors/advocates to becoming exactly the people they fight against. It was truly stunning and compelling to see them do a 180, and showing a sort of exploration of people who go so far to achieve something no matter the cost that they in turn become the very thing they hate.

MY JAW WAS ON THE FLOOR!! The twist after twist after twist was so well executed, I never saw it coming and I will forever bow down to Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen 😱 I will be reading everything they write because they’re one of the few thriller authors that I can never predict what will happen next!

To sum up the novel: I support women’s rights, and more importantly I support women’s wrongs 😅

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Bullying, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Cancer, Death, Murder, Abandonment, and Child abuse

Minor: Alcoholism and Body shaming

pookiee's review against another edition

mysterious tense 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? Yes

Hendricks and Pekkanen’s writing flows pretty well but it’s exhausting to be stuck in the perspectives of someone so obnoxiously naïve (dumb), and another whose only trait is being manipulative.

also don’t feel bad for that mf

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Alcoholism, Homophobia, and Incest

andatherrin's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic friendship, Rape, Suicide, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

Minor: Bullying, Abandonment, Addiction, Cancer, and Alcoholism

cpachet's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.0

I always enjoy books from this duo, but I never rate them highly. A lot of characters felt disposable  in this book, probably because they were sort of treated like that by some of the main characters. These same supporting characters were a little flat/one note. The short flashbacks to capture their raisin d’être very much felt like ones you’d see on TV. But unfortunately, without the constant visual reminder of the screen, I often found myself asking who was who. So while the plot is character driven, most of the characters lack dimensionality so I found myself caring little about the outcome. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Stalking, and Rape

Moderate: Alcohol and Alcoholism

jfamarant's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Murder, Rape, and Stalking

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Medical content

daniellearlotta's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicide, Murder, Toxic friendship, Stalking, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Alcoholism