Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Asking For It by Louise O'Neill

20 reviews

eliseamelia'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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Bullying, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Cursing, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

luluoxlo's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Rape, and Self harm

stitchof's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Gaslighting, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Cancer, Medical content, Blood, and Eating disorder

josxphinchen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Excrement, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Mental illness, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Body shaming, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

pruple13's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Eating disorder, Rape, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Alcohol, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, and Vomit

fairy_internet's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Alcohol, Body shaming, and Rape

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, and Bullying

Minor: Transphobia

ceci_cc's review

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

4.0

This was very difficult to read but it was well done and I think it was accurate, unfortunately.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Self harm, Rape, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol

lara_reads_stuff's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

Just heart breaking but an excellent read, needed to take breaks a few times while reading but also felt like I couldn't put it down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Rape, and Sexual violence

clairestream's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Drug use and Alcohol

child_prodigy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Cursing, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexism

Minor: Body shaming, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit