Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Valiant Ladies by Melissa Grey

10 reviews

inkwell_god's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

I LOVED this book. I borrowed it from the library and now I can't wait to buy my own copy. This book is absolutely wonderful. If you like lesbians and ruffians, I implore you to pick up this book and give it a shot

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Torture, Blood, Classism, Grief, Murder, and Kidnapping

Minor: Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Classism, Lesbophobia, and Vomit

amberinpieces's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Sexism, Murder, Grief, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Classism, Alcohol, and Gun violence

Minor: Colonisation, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide

mirireads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Physical abuse, Murder, Torture, Kidnapping, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Classism, Gun violence, Vomit, Cursing, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Forced institutionalization

3frenchtoast's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Kidnapping, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Torture

Minor: Colonisation, Classism, and Alcohol

phoenixhorizon's review

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Not bad, pretty good ya romance. I didn’t realize it was loosely based on real people until the end. A bit slow at the beginning but really picks up at 30%.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Suicide, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Domestic abuse

soapbox_stories_'s review

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Alcohol and Kidnapping

radler's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Death, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Violence, Blood, Physical abuse, Body horror, Murder, Grief, Homophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy and Fire/Fire injury

frantically's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I know, I know, books are about more than just the romance BUT this romance — damn. While the story felt so big and monumental, the romance was so precious. It felt exactly like all my sapphic romances have been, just two best friends slowly falling for each other. It's the rec string through the book, that keeps this characters going: their love for each other. To be honest, I wasn't even the biggest fan of the plot but this romance means so much to me <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Violence, Death, and Alcohol

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, and Suicide

Minor: Death, Sexual content, and Abandonment

pagelikebooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Classism and Sexism

foreverinastory's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

Ugh I loved this so much!!

Rep: Spanish-Peruvian sapphic female MC, biracial Dutch-Peruvian (indigenous) lesbian female MC, Spanish cishet male side character with gout who uses a walking aid, Spanish and Peruvian cast, mute Peruvian female side character who uses sign language. 

CWs: Alcohol consumption, blood, body horror, colonisation, cursing, death, grief, injury/injury detail, kidnapping, lesbophobia/lesbomisia, misogyny, murder/ritualistic murder, sexism, suicide, violence. Moderate: past death of parent(s), chronic illness, fire/explosion, forced institutionalization (at a convent), gun violence, pregnancy mention, religious bigotry, sexual content (not graphic). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Grief, Alcohol, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Blood, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, and Sexism

Moderate: Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, and Sexual content