Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden

36 reviews

habertoes's review against another edition

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Drug use, Gun violence, Blood, Child death, Cursing, Genocide, Kidnapping, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Murder, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Bullying, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death of parent, Drug use, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Addiction, Cancer, Drug use, Grief, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

dominiq_ec's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Blood, Alcohol, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gore, Kidnapping, Racial slurs, Murder, and Racism

Moderate: Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Child death, Death, Child abuse, Classism, and Colonisation

Minor: Car accident

ktdakotareads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Death, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Torture, Physical abuse, Racism, Racial slurs, Medical content, Violence, Alcoholism, Blood, and Murder

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

mysterious sad 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? Yes

3.5

while it was pretty predictable, this was a good book and was actually thrilling, which i can’t always say for other thrillers. the last 50ish pages were so so good! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Torture, Violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Cursing, Drug abuse, Grief, and Murder

brycestevenwilley's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.75

Really well written, tons of great ideas and through-threads. It can be a little slow at times, but each chapter does play an important in moving the story and its characters forward. 

Only downside is that it is extremely violent; it's definitely the intention, but it was a bit too much for me at times, if I wasn't reading as an audio book, I would have had to stop. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Drug use, Colonisation, Violence, Torture, Kidnapping, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, and Genocide

Moderate: Suicide, Car accident, Grief, Cancer, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Bullying, Medical trauma, and Hate crime

bootsmom3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Racism, Kidnapping, Murder, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Racial slurs, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Cultural appropriation, Blood, Drug use, Grief, Colonisation, Death, and Genocide

Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, Animal death, and Sexual assault

lanid's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Blood, Murder, Bullying, Child abuse, Cultural appropriation, Drug use, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, and Gun violence

hannahollihan's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Drug use, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Rape, Pedophilia, and Alcoholism

shelleyanderson4127's review against another edition

dark informative tense fast-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

4.0

 I gobbled this mystery down. set on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota, it's a fast-paced thriller with lots of details about life today on a Lakota rez.

Virgil Wounded Horse is a complicated man who metes out just when the tribal council and US legal system can't. Someone is selling heroin on the reservation, and when Virgil's own nephew overdoses, Virgil makes it his mission to find and stop the dealers.

Very good writing abut the land, different concepts of justice, and the convoluted legal systems on many Native reservations which deny indigenous people justice. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, and Colonisation

orireading's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

This was disappointing :// pretty predictable storyline and one-dimensional protagonist. There were a few beautiful scenes but it mostly read like fan fiction. It was interesting to learn more about Lakota culture tho!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Gun violence, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, War, Torture, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Sexual violence

Minor: Addiction, Miscarriage, and Incest