Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

The Electric Heir by Victoria Lee

24 reviews

tortue's review

dark emotional sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

Just amazing even better than the first book made cry my eyes out I don’t havé criticism to make just wouaw 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Vomit

Very triggering read the trigger warning before

tkhenry99's review against another edition

3.0

This book was a bit of a let down. It was also wayyyy darker than I expected and I really wasn’t expecting Noam and Lerher’s relationship. Besides that, several of the conversations about grooming, rape, etc. got very repetitive and were the same thing every time. I also didn’t really like that Dara just had every issue the author could think of. The author had to split all the page time between the sexual abuse, substance abuse, various mental illnesses, and eating disorder so nothing ever really felt developed. It felt like Dara’s character was traumatized just for the sake of having a traumatized character, and not because the author really wanted to address any of this topics. I felt like, though the issues were obviously connected to one root cause, the author didn’t draw that connection very well and Dara’s character was undeveloped/underexplored as a result. The book would’ve benefitted from flashbacks, not just Dara and Noam thinking about past events. The ending also wasn’t very satisfying. Overall I did enjoy the book and found it engaging, but it definitely could’ve been better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Confinement, Drug use, Incest, and Medical content

rowthecanoe's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, War, Alcohol, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Suicidal thoughts

iridaceae's review

adventurous dark emotional tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gore, Medical trauma, and Self harm

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Car accident, Colonisation, Homophobia, Vomit, and Torture

shadow_wolf's review

dark emotional tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Rape, Toxic relationship, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Xenophobia

Minor: Death of parent, Kidnapping, Police brutality, and Torture

jjulesf20's review

challenging dark inspiring sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

cindythenerd's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Violence, Gun violence, Addiction, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Cursing, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Body horror, Pedophilia, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Murder, Confinement, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Genocide, Torture, and Death of parent

torimc's review

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Sexual content, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Alcoholism

Minor: Suicide

rae_pdf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault and Alcoholism

diifacto's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, and Eating disorder