Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

The Life She Was Given by Ellen Marie Wiseman

4 reviews

thatchickengirl23's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Animal death, Slavery, Confinement, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Ableism

Moderate: Abandonment, Trafficking, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Body shaming, Alcoholism, Rape, Blood, and Bullying

Minor: Miscarriage, Infertility, and Car accident

bookacholics_anonymous's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Violence, Death, Animal death, Sexism, Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Grief, Domestic abuse, and Sexual content

Minor: Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Forced institutionalization

karaober's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

What a sad book!  I can't imagine living with Lilly's hateful parents and then working under her bosses at the Circus.  I couldn't put this book down towards the ending and I was furious even more so of a few of the characters at the end.  

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Miscarriage, Animal death, and Alcoholism

ashleyelizabeth's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Extremely, extremely sad

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Hate crime, Grief, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Rape, Murder, Emotional abuse, Chronic illness, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Infertility, Confinement, Animal death, Death of parent, Death, and Abandonment