Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Twisted Games by Ana Huang

135 reviews

kiittycatt's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug use, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

ix37lexi's review against another edition

3.0

emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I wasn’t too big of a fan of the majority of the book, I felt like it was repetitive and dragged on but I like how the ending wrapped it up so that helped redeem the book a little for me. It very much was not my style and there were certain scenes and descriptions I could have done without personally. The characters weren’t very interesting to me and none of the characters besides the main two were fleshed out characters. The relationship between Rhys and Bridget seemed toxic because they relied on each other too much and </spoiler he drinks alcohol for the first time when they get separated from each other which is completely out of character, but at least it didn’t continue after that> There is also something mentioned in the book that was never brought up again, but I’m assuming that’s for the fourth book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent, Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Sexism, Car accident

booksofautumn's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional funny slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism

stay25's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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3.5⭐

I really liked this book, it was cute and had holesome and heart fluttering scenes, but I thought it had way too many sex scenes and it could have been a lot shorter. There were times that I would just get bored and didn't want to keep on reading but at the end it was fine, nothing to exceptional but not ordinary either. Above average but not much.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol

Minor: Kidnapping

franthebooknerd's review against another edition

1.5

challenging 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

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He is way too possesive and the relationship is super toxic. Hoped for something else.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism

acebooknerd_07's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent

zc2's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-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

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Okay first off loved it definitely better than twisted love . I will say that because the book takes place over four years there’s so much detail and it moves so fast. It all blends together nicely though. The emotional aspect is there and it really just tugs and crushed your heart strings. Definitely a rollercoaster ride but a pretty good one at that. On to twisted hate….

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Stalking, Alcohol

Moderate: Incest, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy

kate_mare's review against another edition

3.0

emotional 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: Yes

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It is a good book. It was pretty predictable but there was a side plot that was unexpected. If yu dont like dark books and you need

a happy ending

then this book is for you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Murder

laneylo's review against another edition

3.75

funny hopeful lighthearted fast-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: No

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This was sweet. Rhys' description was unrealistic and I found it too fast paced to get any real relationship building in the first half. Towards the end it felt like we were scrambling to tie up the lose ends because they didn't really make sense with the storyline.
It was enjoyable but it was lacking in plot planning and proper foreshadowing, in my opinion.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent

claire_fitzgibbon13's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I loved both parts equally and I loved the plot and the characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Abandonment

Minor: Car accident