Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Paperweight by Meg Haston

10 reviews

flutelover32's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Fatphobia, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcoholism and Vomit

daralexandria's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, and Self harm

Moderate: Alcohol, Child death, Car accident, Death, Alcoholism, and Abandonment

cassettetaped's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Car accident, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Death, and Vomit

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Blood, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, and Self harm

abitofapoet's review

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

2.75

Well written & realistic, but just not my cup of tea. I have a hard time connecting with characters i don’t like, and i wasn’t a fan of Stevie for most of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Suicide, Fatphobia, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Self harm, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, and Medical content

yourssincerelyemma's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Vomit

Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, and Child abuse

eli_in_the_house's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Emotional abuse

ging090803's review

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

It was a great book. Not the best I've read, but a good one. I had little troubles to love the characters, but I did love the story. The past intertwined with the present... The character development was really present. Following Stevie throughout every step of an ED recovery AND grieving was really interesting. I liked it. During my reading, I could see the message that was transmitted by the characters, etc. It is okay to feel emotions, we just need to find balance.
We are all a little fucked up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Death, Cursing, Car accident, Body shaming, Alcohol, and Addiction

Moderate: Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Fatphobia, and Bullying

Minor: Violence, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Well, since it is about an eating disorder, it is rough. The language, the background, it can be really triggering. So yeah, be careful.

nofy's review

challenging emotional hopeful 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

5.0

i'm grateful for this book :( <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Suicide, Self harm, Death, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Vomit, and Child abuse

hbrown's review

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

3.5

When I started this book, I didn’t think I was going to finish. It was cringey, straight from pro-ana Tumblr. But I stuck with it and I’m glad I did. Stevie really drew me in. She is such a complex character and you can really feel her pain and her growth. Anna is also portrayed so, so well; she’s a great representation of what a good therapeutic relationship can be. The book ends on a hopeful note, but I would still not recommend this book to anyone currently struggling with an eating disorder or not very solidly in recovery. Very strong trigger warnings for eating disorders and suicide. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Minor: Cursing

zzaakkiiyyaa's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

IMPORTANT *First off, please please please don’t read this book if you are struggling with eating disorders or are currently going through recovery. The entire book is about this. If I were to read this a few years ago when I was deep in my eating disorder, this would’ve been it for me*

Okay, aside from the insane number of trigger/content warnings, this book was kinda “meh” for me. It was decently written and the characters were relatable if you’ve been through similar things.

However, I found the plot to be drab. Don’t get me wrong, I understand that this is a simulation of someone’s recovery from an eating disorder. But as a story, it definitely wasn’t for me. I found myself becoming increasingly angry with the representation of teenage girls with anorexia or bulimia. Maybe this is more of a me issue though since it’s only been 3 to 4 years since my struggles. Who knows.

Overall, it’s not something I will be rereading. To be honest, I’m surprised it got a 3-star rating for me but I ran it through the CAWPILE system and that’s what happened!

PS: I did read this book after Tiger which, if you read my review for that, I found to be absolutely exceptional. So, perhaps this is why I was so underwhelmed by the writing here.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Alcoholism