Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden

7 reviews

agathajanemaud1908's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Katherine Arden’s Winternight trilogy are some of my favorite fantasy books, but this one might be even better. Both this book and the trilogy was wrenching and dark and beautiful, but I can’t imagine the years of research she put into this book. It felt like I was in WWI France witnessing the horror of it.
I don’t have adequate words to review this book, but word of warning: it’s accurate to the war, so it’s very dark and violent. Make sure to be in a good headspace before reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Body horror, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Xenophobia, War, Medical trauma, Grief, Violence, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and Gore

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Cannibalism

uranaishi's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, War, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: Gaslighting, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Abandonment, Suicide attempt, Gore, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Terminal illness, Vomit, Pregnancy, Drug abuse, Xenophobia, Classism, Cursing, Deportation, and Sexism

acarolinabelle's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This book is raw emotion. It deals with the horrors of war, the pain of loss, and the will to go on. Folklore meets war on the Belgian front in WWI. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, War, Gore, Grief, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Alcohol, Death of parent, Medical content, and Medical trauma

devynreadsnovels's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Body horror, Cursing, Murder, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, War, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Suicide, Grief, and Medical trauma

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, and Excrement

euleau's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, and Death of parent

mtnest's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, War, Violence, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Blood, and Gun violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Grief

madlyreading's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dementia, Gore, Death, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, War, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders