Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee

113 reviews

cass_lit's review against another edition

3.5

I loved the general plot and gothic atmosphere of this — it sucked me in right away. There were a few little things I didn’t love and I kind of wish the story had gone somewhere else right at the end, but overall I enjoyed my reading experience. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol and Sexism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Abandonment, and Racism

softwindflower's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, and Death

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Animal death

Minor: Alcoholism

lipstickitotheman's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Fine. It's a fairly engaging and enjoyable experience to listen to this. I didn't find it to spectacular, just a pretty solid YA novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Classism, Death, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Blood, Alcoholism, Addiction, Murder, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Alcohol, and Drug use

Minor: Sexual content

jessjess125's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book was phenomenal! Definitely was giving a queer style of A Secret History. I was guessing and second guessing everything the whole time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Murder

bookishsapphicshay's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Murder, Alcoholism, and Mental illness

Moderate: Classism and Racism

niccolowilliam's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

It was good. Definitely kept my interest as i was reading it. Solid story. I love lesbians so that was nice. (Shout out to lesbians)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Murder, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Vomit and Animal death

Minor: Racism, Classism, and Animal cruelty

saric7's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Alcoholism

its2early4this's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Plot twists from early in the story, a poetic prose that flows in a way that remains easy to read, and a feeling of satisfaction upon conclusion. This is definitely one of the best books I've read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcoholism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal death, Alcohol, and Mental illness

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Classism

bskell's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Alcoholism and Animal death

abbyhrc's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

i put no for the diverse characters because despite the main ship being lesbians and the short appearance of a non-binary character, most of them are white and the black character's role was pretty much narrowed to educating felicity about racism... i also knocked it down to 4.25 because the ending felt very rushed compared to the slow pace of the book. however, contrary to most, i loved the way her psychosis was portrayed because it felt very real, we had no idea what was going on or not

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Murder

Moderate: Gore and Alcoholism