Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black

7 reviews

ghostlyprince's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Grief, Violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Cannibalism, Death, Child death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Self harm, and Torture

Moderate: Confinement, Abandonment, Suicide, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal cruelty, Police brutality, Sexual content, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Body horror, Animal death, Body shaming, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, and Vomit

leila_reads_too_much's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, Death, Gore, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body horror, Cannibalism, and Alcoholism

kels_18's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Torture, Physical abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Confinement, Self harm, Death, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcoholism

ravenclawincabin13's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Child death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism

Minor: Animal cruelty

korpney's review

adventurous dark tense fast-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? No

4.0

I would’ve rated this book higher but the romance is super creepy bc the girl is 17 & the vampire is over one hundred years old

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Death of parent, and Torture

Minor: Alcoholism and Suicide

anidharker's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

 And today I learnt not to judge a book by its seriously silly name.
Edit: came back after rereading, thinking "I definitely gave this 5 stars, right?". It had 4. I fixed it.
2021 edit: still enjoyed it just as much as the other times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Torture, Suicide, Murder, Grief, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, and Vomit

Minor: Body horror, Child death, and Toxic relationship

lucy12345's review

adventurous dark medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Gore and Torture

Minor: Alcoholism