Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Sea Wolf by Anna Burke

6 reviews

svh1307's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, and Medical content

Minor: Child abuse and Abandonment

n0elle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

thelostartofsecretkeeping's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

gracerichards11's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

relin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism and Confinement

Minor: Abandonment

alexfromistemor's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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

4.5

So, wow...this was a hell of a follow-up to Compass Rose...

This book was dark. It felt significantly darker than the first book, much in the way The Empire Strikes Back is the dark middle part of the original Star Wars trilogy, but with the harsh, pull-no-punches manner of BSG. Seriously, our beloved characters all go through so much...Rose, Miranda, Orca, Harper and all our wonderfully harsh misfits have just so much bad happen to them, and it honestly feels a little oppressive at times...you're like 'just give me some positive happy times before the next disaster'.

All that said, I still love this world that Anna's built, and she only makes it more in-depth and intriguing in this installment. We get glimpses at a wider world than just what is displayed in the form of the Archipelago the pirate fleet we see in book 1, as well as hints of more thorough backstory of many of the characters, and an explanation of Rose's seemingly unique abilities.

In this story, the honeymoon period, if ever there really was one, between Rose and Miranda is gone, and they have to take a look at the harsh truths of who they are and what they've done in their lives. We gets hints at times of the tender moments between them, and every time it's described them sleeping together all wrapped up in each others arms I may have squealed a few times, but theirs is not a soft and simple romance. It did become a touch frustrating, going back and forth between being tender to one another and arguing furiously, and I felt a little like an emotional yo-yo it happened so often, so I could have gone without that. However, in spite of all that, I still love them.

I tore through this book as soon as I finished Compass Rose, and now I'm living in a limbo of waiting for book number 3...it is going to be a long wait. Note to self: sign up for her Patreon to read the Stillwater prequel novella. 4.5 stars rounded up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing and Xenophobia

One character has a finger cut off to send a message to her mother, and has to deal with an infection as a result of it. The actual removal of the finger is off-page, but still worth mentioning.