Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

City of Thieves by David Benioff

5 reviews

novelideea's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Racial slurs, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Violence, Body horror, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Alcohol, Hate crime, Self harm, Misogyny, Rape, Classism, Cursing, Death, Animal death, Confinement, Gore, Gun violence, Child death, Excrement, Religious bigotry, War, Kidnapping, and Sexual violence

gailbird's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, Death, War, Cannibalism, and Animal death

Moderate: Antisemitism, Classism, Cursing, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death, Homophobia, Gore, and Sexual content

Minor: Excrement, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, and Xenophobia

mandi_lea's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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

Graphic: Physical abuse, Torture, War, Violence, Death, Gore, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Antisemitism, Confinement, Cursing, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Blood, Genocide, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Rape, and Animal death

Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Cannibalism, and Excrement

zoiejanelle's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative sad tense medium-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? No

4.0

FUCK david benioff for writing this sad-ass book that made me bawl my eyes out.

last minute plot twist causing major character death

is a SHITTY trope. overall, the writing and the story were great. i genuinely loved it, but i'll never read it again. too tragic, too homoerotic (queer bait), too good to live again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Gore, War, and Gun violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Classism, Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Grief, Police brutality, Sexual content, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

jonicash's review

fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Murder, Antisemitism, War, and Torture

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Gore

Minor: Alcohol, Excrement, and Grief