Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

The Sacrifice by Rin Chupeco

7 reviews

shinyharley's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

5.0

Rin Chupeco has become one of my favorite authors. They create stunning worlds that blend cultures beliefs, superstitions and environments in beautiful ways. This book gripped me from the first page and at the end left me wishing for more (in the best way.) I fell in love with the way the beauty of nature was combined to both inhance and contrast with all the spookiness thats happening which help create the air of this mysterious island lost to time and the myths around it. I also love the commentary on how people change and impact the places they visit and how much harm disrespect can lead too.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Murder, Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Animal death

awkwardimagination's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I was really really enjoying this book, it was so good from the very first line. But I cannot help but feel,,, disappointed by the ending? maybe its my brain and I'm tired but i was hoping for something idfferent and reading the last chunk of the book made my brain feel mushy. I do really like this book, Alon and Askal were fantastic and the central theme of the book is one I like a lot - much about humanity and our actions. A great summary of this book is basically "greedy white men get whats coming to them, finally"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, and Cursing

Moderate: Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Gaslighting, Car accident, Animal death, Death of parent, and Gun violence

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Medical content, Infidelity, Colonisation, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, and Suicide

tspice24's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Colonisation, and Death

annelihghh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

annemariemulksibb's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

As I read this, I could easily imagine what the creepy movie version would be like-- All full of petrifying figures appearing in the background, often going unnoticed by the characters in focus. Eek. 
I enjoyed this book. As I hit the 2/3 mark, it felt more and more like a young adult novel, which it is. One of the characters became a bit over the top for me at that point, becoming flatter and more and more myopic to move the plot forward. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol and Sexual harassment

mangocorpses's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Body horror, Cursing, Alcoholism, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism

daniellestarredpages's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

I really enjoyed this book. The fact that most off this book was entered around privileged white Americans encroaching on a space that wasn't theirs to enter, ignoring all the warnings and suffering the (horrifying, supernatural) consequences was something I never thought would become a plot point I would thoroughly enjoy but I did. 

This book also makes a budding queer relationship between a the son of one of the producers of the show and Alon (they/them) the local boy, with  a strange connection to the island, who tries repeated to warn the Hollywood people to get off the island.

The horror element of the story was amazing written, vividly detailed and sufficiently creepy without being  too much for the people who have a lower tolerance.

Also the twist! It was hinted at without being too obvious. I loved it.

If you are looking for more reviews from me, check out my YouTube channel here : https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCGRr_IBoWd5ue-0Q9qffYdw/featured

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident, Racial slurs, and Colonisation