Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Birthday by Meredith Russo

35 reviews

reading_rainbows's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Dysphoria, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Violence, Transphobia, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content

prrttyodd's review

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Bullying

Moderate: Death of parent, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Terminal illness

zorii's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective sad 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? Yes

4.5

Beautiful book. Amazing. Made me cry twice. A great love story about two friends growing up and falling in love.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Homophobia, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

igre's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Death of parent, Homophobia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

h_howell's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Transphobia, and Homophobia

merlesstorys's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

I was sobbing throughout this whole book.
It delivered the emotions so perfectly to my heart that I just couldn’t stop. 

Russo‘s writing style is amazing. She brought so much life into these characters, even though you only read parts of their years instead of a continuing observation. This way, the book was quite short, but it was perfect.

Eric and Morgan are also just such a dream-team of a friends-to-lovers plot. They support each other, no matter how hard, and really are there for each other (in the end). 

To be honest, I wasn’t able to read every page - I skipped through them so that I wouldn’t reach a complete mental breakdown. 
But nevertheless, I recommend it more than anything to everybody (especially those, who need some sad-happy character development)!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Suicide attempt, Homophobia, and Transphobia

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Grief, Drug use, Death of parent, and Deadnaming

Minor: Outing, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Blood

kathrinellis's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

there’s nothing I would change about the way this touching story is told!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Outing, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Transphobia, Violence, Vomit, and Suicidal thoughts

anntea's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Suicide attempt, Transphobia, and Homophobia

Moderate: Alcoholism

ellen_mellor's review against another edition

One of the very few books that left in tears by the end. 
It was beautifully written and truthful and difficult but well worth the effort. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Transphobia

stressejesse's review against another edition

emotional sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Mental illness, Grief, Cancer, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Minor: Vomit