Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Hunting by Stars by Cherie Dimaline

4 reviews

readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition

dark 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? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racism, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic, Hate crime, Genocide, Colonisation, Racial slurs, Grief, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Blood, Kidnapping, Torture, Murder, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Trafficking, Medical content, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Infertility, Ableism, and Cannibalism

Minor: Terminal illness, Transphobia, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Suicide, Abandonment, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Alcohol, Drug use, Slavery, and Vomit

Residential schools.

odeminan's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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: Trafficking, Torture, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Blood, Violence, and Racism

Moderate: Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Ableism, and Murder

Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, and Alcohol

jourdanicus's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-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? No

4.5

Heartbreaking and healing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Racism, Colonisation, Confinement, Violence, Blood, and Pregnancy

Minor: Gun violence, Cannibalism, Child death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Alcohol, Medical content, Grief, and Trafficking

caseythereader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Grief, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Sexual violence