Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Alice Network by Kate Quinn

35 reviews

mmalone's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Classism, Violence, War, Abortion, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Alcoholism

maddiet425's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, Self harm, Child death, Genocide, Grief, Medical content, Gun violence, War, Blood, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Excrement, Alcoholism, Blood, and Cursing

madmantha's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Beginning was a bit slow for me but once it really begins to pick up, it does not stop. 
Both narratives blend together seamlessly in the final arc; everything comes full circle.
One of my favorite epilogues ever written; really pulled on the heart-strings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Cursing, Gun violence, Grief, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, War, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Violence, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Classism, Colonisation, Genocide, Outing, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Stalking, Xenophobia, Abandonment, Antisemitism, Confinement, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

Minor: Toxic relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Miscarriage, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Infidelity, Infertility, Religious bigotry, and Self harm

karolinaz's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Hate crime, Gore, Sexual content, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Confinement, Addiction, Abortion, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Alcohol, Ableism, War, Violence, Torture, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Murder, Genocide, Body horror, Antisemitism, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Vomit, Rape, Excrement, Infidelity, Classism, Cursing, Infertility, and Misogyny

beachbookbabe's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing and Sexual content

momcneill's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, War, Murder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Abortion and Death

Minor: Cursing

hforsythe26's review against another edition

challenging informative sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

It's hard to sum up 500 pages of emotion in one short paragraph but I'll go ahead and try... I went into The Alice Network not knowing anything about the story besides what I read  on the jacket flap and I think that's the best way to tackle this one. The story follows dual timelines beginning in 1915 and 1947. During WWI we follow young Eve Gardiner as she is brought into the world of espionage in Nazi occupied France. She becomes an integral part of The Alice Network, a group of female spies working against Germany. Meanwhile, in 1947 we meet Charlie St. Clair, a young American gal who finds herself on the doorstep of a crass drunk by the name of Eve Gardiner... yes, the same Eve who worked as a spy during the Great War. Charlie is looking for her cousin who went missing during WWII and we slowly find that the lives of Charlie, Eve, and Charlie's cousin Rose are more closely intertwined than anyone could have guessed. Definitely do not miss the author's note at the back of the book as this shows just how closely Kate Quinn stayed to the real story of Alice Dubois and her network of spies. I was on the edge of my seat as I watched Eve deftly insert herself into situations that made me hold my breath, sure that she would be found out at any moment and be killed (or worse) by the Germans. This was a difficult story that shed lights on some lesser known moments of WWI and WWII but I loved the way that Quinn wove the real information into the story and brought to life these remarkably courageous women who played such an important part in the ultimate victory of the Allied Forces in Europe.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Abortion and Rape

fallen_ire's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Cursing

kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Excrement, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

travelthrupages's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Abortion, Body horror, Cursing, Medical trauma, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt