Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Paperweight by Meg Haston

9 reviews

jakegreyxx's review

3.0

The way she refused to refer to her roommate by name, but as soon as she discovered her roommate had trauma she switched to her name was… really beautifully done.
There is a point about 200 pages in where the book seems to drastically change pace. It just slows right down, as if time decided to stop moving.
And then it all kind of happens at once, in a way that feels a little skipped over, in ways.
There are definitely some big content warnings for this book, so if that’s something you might need, I would recommend looking them up. Most notably, this book follows a girl with an eating disorder in a treatment centre for eating disorders. Other warnings I would note are suicide attempts, suicidal ideation, drinking, abuse, and car crash. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, and Suicide attempt

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

sra_rdmn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Death, Child death, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Grief, Car accident, Body shaming, and Addiction

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

adarowley_reads's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcohol

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.

ortiz_121534's review against another edition

dark emotional informative 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, and Vomit

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Alcohol and Drug use