Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Seven Days In June by Tia Williams

242 reviews

dangselena's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely love this author. The timeline and narrator jumping never felt confusing at ALL. It just made the story more vibrant and detailed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Blood, Car accident, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Police brutality, Rape, Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Vomit, Chronic illness, Abandonment, Drug abuse, Murder, Sexual violence, Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Self harm, and Sexual content

doodeedoda's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Drug use, Self harm, Addiction, Alcohol, Grief, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Blood

isabelboswinkel's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Chronic illness, and Toxic relationship

katreena's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Self harm, Classism, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Racism, Chronic illness, Addiction, and Alcohol

kateyroa's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

I can’t believe she made the error about JFK and LaGuardia. But beyond that I really liked this story. The success of the two main characters seemed a little “Hollywood” but I loved their second chance and appreciated their journey. The daughter was a trip. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Self harm, Alcohol, and Drug abuse

romie_chat's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

The way I tripped and fell and became obsessed with this book in approximately 0.2 seconds. I'm in awe of Tia Williams' writing and the way she crafted this story. I cared so deeply about Eva and Shane I felt unwell. This was simply brilliant.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Grief

auteaandtales's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

I really enjoyed this, for the most part. I loved the exploration of complex characters in a somewhat toxic relationship and how their trauma played into it. I also loved the representation of Eva with chronic migraines, as someone with chronic migraines myself I liked that. 

However, and this isn’t the authors’ fault, the cover makes this seem more like literacy fiction, and this is more like of a contemporary, comedy…romance (it wasn’t really romantic but it also wasn’t NOT romantic). Due to how many heavy themes this had, I think it might have worked better as lit fic, but the comedy did help the digestability I think. 

I’m excited to read more from this author! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Sexual content, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Addiction, Self harm, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Gun violence

norafitzgerald's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Drug abuse, Car accident, Alcohol, Drug use, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Self harm, Sexual content, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Death

davianareads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Addiction, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Blood, Drug use, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, and Alcohol

katie_lerdo's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Drug use, and Self harm