Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza

15 reviews

rayreyes's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative 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

This book crept out of the woodwork and captured my heart. It was beautiful to witness the love and wounds within a family and the humanity of regret. This book felt like a gift to the parts of myself navigating the story of my family and the ways love can be present even when seemingly absent. I’m not religious, but the ending was so beautiful that it gave me something to hold dear when I think on the afterlife. Truly a beautiful story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Addiction

Moderate: Islamophobia, Death of parent, and Cancer

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Hate crime, and Abandonment

sangsmiles's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Islamophobia

Moderate: Drug use, Addiction, and Miscarriage

acorny's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-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

Beautiful, heartbreaking, and felt so real. This one hit a nerve for sure, I cried for all the characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Bullying, Addiction, Miscarriage, Car accident, and Child death

Minor: Death of parent and Grief

cass_ward's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense slow-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

Moderate: Bullying, Addiction, Car accident, Drug use, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Islamophobia, and Alcohol

melinadalet's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism

your_true_shelf's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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? Yes

5.0

I adored this book with every piece of my heart. How an author so young can write the relationships in this book so incredibly, wow. Especially between a father and son. I can't imagine never reading this book again, it will definitely be read more times! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Alcoholism

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Racism, and Miscarriage

likegreekfire's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism

foxowl2005's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Islamophobia, Drug use, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Misogyny, Miscarriage, Xenophobia, and Racism

Minor: Cancer

ladyflash's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism and Xenophobia

Minor: Addiction

prrrrrsh's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-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

4.5

Absolutely loved this book, until the last section. Very moving, honest and raw. An intimate look into a Muslim american family and the ways that our actions and words affect those closest to us. The only thing that knocked it down half a star for me was the the final part, when the POV switched to the father’s. I felt like it over-explained and lost some of the emotion that came from the character’s actions in the first sections of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Car accident, Drug use, and Islamophobia