Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Stone Cold Fox by Rachel Koller Croft

5 reviews

maggieparedesauthor's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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

I don’t know why this book is. 3.67 on Goodreads, because it was SO GOOD! The author, Rachel Koller Croft, did a FABULOUS job of painting the characters in the most detailed way. In addition, the twists had my heart nearly leaping out of my chest with beats faster than a bullet train. I thought Rachel wrapped the story up nicely, also. If you’re a fan of the tv show Imposters, YOU MUST read this book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Child abuse, Body shaming, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, and Murder

faduma's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Alcohol, Physical abuse, and Child abuse

Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

ciwanski's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

The writing in this book was air tight. I felt like the plausibility of circumstances fell a little bit in the last chunk of the book, but crazy, manic women always need deniable plausibility, right?

Definitely a book with morally grey characters, and killer dialogue. 

A favorite line of mine from the book goes, “The afternoon tea was in full swing with canapés and caviar and cunty behavior.” Like so true bestie.

Fans of Gone Girl and other “good for her” media should definitely pick this book up. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Trafficking, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Alcohol, Drug use, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, and Classism

viwilliams's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-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

for lovers of Ginny & Georiga

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Murder, Pedophilia, and Body shaming

Minor: Alcohol

karyan1's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Murder, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic friendship, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Body shaming, Child abuse, Sexism, Pregnancy, and Death