Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

226 reviews

finn_lover's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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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I started reading this book because of the movie, I absolutely fell in love with the movie and I also did with the book, I've cried to the book many times but it's so good, Boris is my favorite character out of them all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcohol

definitely lots of drug usage. and abuse and suicidal thoughts and one suicide attempt.

another_fine_reader's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol

Moderate: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse

elliehaahr's review against another edition

1.5

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol

dominiq_ec's review against another edition

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I started reading an e-book version, and I don’t think it’s processing well. Will definitely restart with a PDF or physical copy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Alcohol

redroseses's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Racial slurs

racbuckallew's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Agonizing and brilliant. It is significant that the novel is so long—we literally carry the masterful burden for so long, too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, Alcohol

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Stalking

shopgiri's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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An incredibly smart and rich novel. I want to say it's one of the best things I've ever read. I love novels that keep my mind active and make me remember that I know how to read properly and read into things, and this is exactly that. I felt totally raw (and smarter) by the time I finished this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcohol

Minor: Racial slurs

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I think this one just wasn’t for me. Tartt is undeniably an incredibly gifted writer. Her characters leap off the page. The Goldfinch reads like a memoir and I often found myself wondering how it’s possible that someone could pull such real characters out of their head. The audiobook narrator is also masterful in his performance of each one. But part of why I continued to ask myself this was because their lives, and consequently this book, are just so oppressively bleak. Like, I’m a proud Sad Girl™, but this felt like too much sometimes. 

There were also numerous times where I felt like we were gearing up for an ending only to check the audiobook and realize that somehow I still had 13 hours left. As I got to the end, I started to have my usual audiobook thoughts of “maybe I’d like this more if I read with my eyes,” especially with the discussions about the importance of art to the human experience. But I’m not sure I would’ve had the endurance for this book in print. And when it does finally end, it feels very

Boris

ex machina and entirely too quick and easy. I don’t know, man. Maybe all the new adult fantasy I’ve been reading lately is finally rotting my brain. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Classism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, Deportation

Terrorism, bombing, organized crime

kbweis's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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donna tartt has a terrible case of not being able to shut up itis 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol

annamiaswart's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail