Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

We Are Okay by Nina LaCour

40 reviews

cats33's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent, Suicide, and Cancer

Moderate: Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

Minor: Medical content

icarusandthesun's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-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

2.5

great to read during somber weather.
i wanted to take a little break from science-fiction, and this book seemed to call to me. i liked it—the vibes, the poetic language, the writing style. it was grounding, calming, like stormy weather (but without the lightning and the thunder).
it was nice, but (luckily, i suppose) not relatable for me, right now. i know this is probably a good depiction of grief in many people’s eyes though.

i liked the characters. marin was a little bland, but well, grief does that to a person, so i get it. the author did a good job of telling us about all the things marin used to be passionate about.
the ending was cute, too. it was just nothing special, and wasn’t able to invoke any sort of deep feeling in me, personally.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Cancer, Suicide, and Alcohol

michaelanormand's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, Blood, Mental illness, Alcohol, and Death

Moderate: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

blankeechats's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

3.75

It is an amazing book about love, friendship, coming of age, and grief. I read this book in one sitting, and gladfully so. As I was reading, I felt as though this book was moving so fast yet so slow simultaneously (not bad). I would have loved loved loved, if this book was more than 236 pages, although, I've been saying that very often about books lately. The book could have been extended past where it ended, I would have loved to see Marin's

choice for moving in with Mabel's family,

more on Marin's love life, college life, and work at

the pottery shop

Having said all of that, this was the most touching and tear pulling book I have read in a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Death

Minor: Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Child abuse

hazelisreading's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Death of parent, Cancer, Alcohol, Suicide, and Gaslighting

smleeth93's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness, Alcohol, Death, and Grief

clementine9's review against another edition

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

4.5

It's the sort of book that holds your heart in its hands and tells you it's okay to be sad, or lonely, or heartbroken, and that there is healing in friendship and love and found family.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide, Alcohol, and Mental illness

chelle22's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Death, Suicide, Death of parent, Cancer, Grief, Sexual content, and Alcohol

chronicloser's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

so, so beautiful. so poignant. it was everything I needed it to be and more. grief is entirely complicated, and instead of trying to untangle it, lacour let it be. she let it exist within marin - eat at her from the inside, kick her in the shins, erase the good, highlight the good, erase the good again. she let it do all of the things that grief does, no holding back, but had it coexist right next to the love we forget we have while going through such an inevitably difficult emotion. the love we don’t pick up until it’s finally right there, being rubbed in our faces, almost to a point where it simultaneously feels like too much and not enough. I feel for marin, I am marin, and I love this book beyond words

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Death of parent, and Suicide

Minor: Alcohol

f18's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death of parent and Mental illness

Minor: Alcohol and Sexual content