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Thirsty by Jas Hammonds

21 reviews

gracesullentrup's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Transphobia, and Outing

Minor: Vomit

featherinthewind's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

5.0

First of all, amazing. This book deals with so much and it is centered around drinking and the complexity of relationships, and as someone who wanted to self destruct all the time as a teenager because of unstable coping mechanisms, I loved this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

bitesizedbeet's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Outing, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Infidelity, Vomit, and Cultural appropriation

otakatoe3's review

adventurous challenging reflective sad tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Vomit, Grief, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

sheepminecraft's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Sexual content, Vomit, Outing, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Drug use, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

biblio_simp's review

emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Gaslighting

Minor: Outing

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

4.5

Thanks to Macmillan for the free copy of this book.

 - It feels sort of cliche these days to call a YA novel “important,” but THIRSTY really is. It tackles not only drinking, but also race, class, and more.
- I loved the way Blake’s drinking was portrayed in this book. She was drinking socially, drinking to feel like she belonged, drinking to make friends. She didn’t have one huge rock bottom moment, but rather a slow building of moments that finally came into focus for her.
- It’s sometimes a hard read, when Blake and others are making repeated bad choices. But it’s also filled with love and understanding for Blake and her mindset.
- After adoring Hammonds’ WE DESERVE MONUMENTS and now THIRSTY, they’re an autobuy author for me now. Can’t wait to see what’s next. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Racism, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Vomit, Outing, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Infidelity and Sexual content

bellavictoria's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Racism, Transphobia, Vomit, Outing, and Alcohol

skye_era_books's review against another edition

challenging reflective fast-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

Thirsty is such a raw and real book based on very very real struggles that many young people face - alcoholism. I always love Jas’ queer and bipoc characters and how they make them so real with all of their struggles.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Alcohol

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Outing, Gaslighting, and Classism

cici1722's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Outing, and Alcohol