Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Lute by Jennifer Thorne

7 reviews

mand_al_orian's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, Car accident, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Child death, Murder, Self harm, Alcohol, Death, Emotional abuse, and Vomit

Minor: War and Terminal illness

batcaves's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, Blood, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Alcohol, Gun violence, Infidelity, and Murder

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Car accident, Grief, and Gun violence

Moderate: Child death, Self harm, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Sexual content, War, Cancer, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Vomit, Infidelity, and Dementia

archaicrobin's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

1.0

One of the main problems with this book is that it doesn’t feel like it knows what it’s supposed to be. Is it horror? Is it romance? Is it YA? Is it adult? I don’t know, and obviously neither does the author. 

Nina married a lord on this island in the UK where 7 people die every year as a sacrifice to the island itself. Why? Don’t know. How? We also don’t know. The island chooses at random apparently or you can pick your own adventure so to speak and volunteer but only if the island approves. Even the premise is confusing and doesn’t really seem to know the rules. Also this is set in some weird future where there’s a war going on. What does this add to the story? Absolutely nothing!! The war is also never explained, nothing is explained except the tithe itself, and even that is done in a weird flashback sequence that’s poorly written. 

Also, this was marketed as an adult debut but the writing, the characters, the plot, the themes, the execution, all of it screamed amateur YA novel. I honestly think the only reason this isn’t listed YA, is because there are two sex scenes in the book, both of which are random and not good. 

I did not enjoy this book at all, nothing was done well and I had to force myself to finish it. I wouldn’t really recommend this to anyone because I don’t think there’s much to get out of it on any sense.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

bluwuberry's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death of parent, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, and War

Minor: Alcohol, Vomit, and Infidelity

bookishbutch's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Murder, Cursing, Blood, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Gore

Moderate: Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, War, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Self harm and Suicide

grimdark_dad's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Cancer, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Violence, War, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder