Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

My Sweet Girl by Amanda Jayatissa

6 reviews

macjack's review

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

Loved it. Kept me guessing to the very last page. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Sexual assault, and Alcohol

tammyanntchou's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Blood

Moderate: Cursing, Alcohol, Death, Mental illness, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Suicide attempt, Car accident, Death of parent, Racism, Self harm, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Child death, and Sexual content

thedrolldiaries's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Ooo this was a good one! A dark, sinister, Sri Lankan-inspired twist on

Jane Eyre

!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Stalking, Violence, Addiction, and Abandonment

bookishcookiemonster's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Wow! Unreliable narrator, also very unlikeable but the plot gripped me. Could not hit pause ! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Stalking, Death of parent, Rape, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Body horror, Blood, and Child abuse

Minor: Cultural appropriation and Car accident

Very explicit sexual assault scene

ohhthehorrors's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Stalking

amandalorianxo's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.25

OMG!! How creepy and twisted !! This was such a engaging scary read for the month of October ! Granted there are some trigger warnings such as assault and abuse that need to be looked up in case you are triggered by this. I loved the fresh take on the unreliable narrator ! Riley Sagar was right that this was original as far as storytelling goes. I didn’t see the ending at all. It was a little bit long and slow for my taste but it fits the narration style & helping put the pieces together without giving away too much all at once. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Torture

Moderate: Sexual assault and Vomit