Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Twisted Games by Ana Huang

135 reviews

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Forbidden lovers. It took awhile for the spice to develop but once it did, it was pretty good. I liked this book but I knew where it was going from about page 100. The ending, while predictable, did make me happy. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Grief, Stalking, Toxic friendship

peachmoni's review against another edition

2.5

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Murder, War

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

cdoubet's review against another edition

4.75

emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Abandonment

Moderate: Blood, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Kidnapping

rileymc_queen's review against another edition

4.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

lizethsreads's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I enjoyed this a bit more than the 1st book solely because I can see how Rhys feels like a more believable male than Alex. Rhys is the typical, actions over words man. However, I normally HATE that in a man, I probably only liked that in a book because of his POV.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol

Minor: Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Car accident

blake_3756's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, Death of parent

caitlinemccann's review against another edition

3.5

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Car accident

krosebooks's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous inspiring medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Much better than the first book to me. The beginning of the book was very intriguing because I liked the troupe of body guard falling for his client. After the book settled in though it became slow paced for a little bit in the middle of the book but eventually picked back up. I liked the conflict of the romance, but the resolution was predictable. 

I wouldn't read this book if you are looking for good plot twists, while it has some they don't last very long for you to infer what might happen. Overall I liked that characters and their relationship and I didn't like slow pace in the beginning/middle parts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

yarisbooksandbevs's review against another edition

5.0

emotional 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: No

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I was trying to think of something to not like about this book. I very much enjoyed it.

I absolutely loved Rhys. I listened to the audiobook so I think that helped but that man is filthy in all the best ways and his care for Bridget is so beautiful. Bridget was a strong FMC but Rhys really stole the show. I wanted to know what he was thinking and planning and saying. The plot itself wasn’t bad or far-fetched. It made sense in the grand scheme of the book and was resolved nicely. This book isn’t literary genius but the plot was good, the characters lovable, and the smut so spicy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Death of parent

torrentsofhayl's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent, Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Abandonment, War

Minor: Death, Gun violence, Violence