Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese

7 reviews

msaggy's review

challenging emotional reflective sad tense 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

This is my first Richard Wagamese novel, and the words he chose to fill this book showcase a remarkable craftsmanship evident on every page. It's an emotional and weighty, yet beautiful novel. Solid four stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Death, Blood, Cursing, Addiction, Grief, War, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Medical content, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, and Vomit

dragon_s_hoard's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Racism, Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Grief, War, Infidelity, Mental illness, Blood, Chronic illness, Physical abuse, Vomit, Colonisation, and Death

scmiller's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

4.6/5 It made my heart ache and my throat swell. Painful, irreparable, but fruitful in lessons and relationships.

There was something particularly gutting in the way Frank’s father loved his mother, and that despite it being true, it still wasn’t enough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Addiction

Moderate: Toxic relationship, War, Physical abuse, Gore, and Pregnancy

sabrinalefebvre's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

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

3.5

3.5 ⭐️ 

It took me a while to get into this book, but by the 150 page mark I was flying through the rest. I do prefer Indian Horse as it is one of my favourite books of all time but I do see the beauty in this one. I hope when I’ll reread this I’ll love it more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Addiction, and Abandonment

Moderate: Physical abuse, War, Racial slurs, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexism, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Infidelity

nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Animal death, War, Vomit, and Pregnancy

nitroglycerin's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Racial slurs, and Grief

helenab18's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Alcohol

Moderate: Death and Death of parent