Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Dare Me by Megan Abbott

11 reviews

bella_t_16's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Toxic friendship, and Murder

Moderate: Vomit, Eating disorder, Cursing, Sexual assault, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Drug use, Alcohol, and Adult/minor relationship

itsheyfay's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Infidelity, Death, Murder, Violence, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Fatphobia, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Sexual content, Blood, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Car accident

katerodger's review

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

3.0

this was a wilddd ride! idk how i feel about the writing style and some of the teen lingo was painful lol but the concept is so good... i really liked the twist when you realize

addy has the power all along and that beth isn't the villain at all

... super interesting concept + execution.

i will say the arc with

beth lying about being assaulted??

felt reallyy strange but maybe that can be put up to

addy's unreliable narration.

 

would recommend to anyone with a very strong sense of self and definitely not to the age this is about 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Death

Moderate: Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, and Alcoholism

gendergreed's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

i loved this book and i love addy hanlon and beth cassidy and i will never be able to read this again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Rape, Body shaming, Bullying, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Self harm, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Vomit

haleycushing's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Eating disorder, Body shaming, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

parasiticlotus's review

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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? No

4.75

If you're someone who's into Mean Girls or The Duff (both happen to be movies, lol.)  AND also like some high school drama then you'd 1000% love this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Infidelity, Murder, Gun violence, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Blood

rory18's review

Not really up to reading something this dark right now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Eating disorder, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Alcoholism, and Pedophilia

shellanor_rigby's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, and Body shaming

mediocremasen's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This book is in that middle place of not great but not terrible. I'm not upset that I spent time reading it but I also probably won't remember it in a month.
(Except the line "Seven, Eight, fucking ex-tend Slaussen!" Which was been playing in my head since I read it for a reason I do not understand.)

It was an indepth look into an often misunderstood world. I think the main call in the marketing being the murder was a misstep.
It doesn't even take place until like halfway through the book and then it's not really a huge plot point, just there to add tension.

I liked the unreliable narrator aspect of the story but I wish there had been a better resolution at the end.
It's mentioned multiple times that Addy isn't the front she puts on and she lies to herself, we even see that being the case a few times, but there is never really a full conclusion to it. Like she never addresses it and nothing happens to make the reader think that has changed so it kinds feels like an underused or unnecessary bit to the story.

The writing also got confusing more than once. Luckily I saw another review commenting on this as well so it's not just my reading comprehension.
There would be paragraphs where the vibe was that something had happened but it wasn't clear what had happened.
Marking my example as a spoiler just to be safe.

A great example is that there were a few times where there was a scene with Beth and Addy alone. The scene could be read as them having had sex; it talks about how tired and sore they are, how excited they are as they laid beside each other, but it could also be read as them doing any number of other things.
There's nothing to help explain what has just happened, we just see the after affect of it.

I'm not saying everything needs to be written down plainly, I'm all for things being hinted at, but they need to be hinted at.
Those moments could have added another layer to the Addy/Beth relationship and help unravel more why they have both stayed even though it is so toxic.
Instead it's just left and can at times feel like something an editor should have cut out.

A very easy read that does a good job of making you feel wary and like something sinister is going to happen. I feel like it ticks a lot of boxes for a decent thriller.
I just wish the ending would have been better/resolved more.
It feels more like the end of the first book in a series than the actual end of a work

A solid three.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Eating disorder, and Death

Minor: Infidelity, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Rape

tinytrashqueen's review

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

Major content warnings for this one. The girls' dialogue and cattiness is the worst of high school stereotypes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Drug use, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

Minor: Adult/minor relationship