Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Misfit by Elle Kennedy

9 reviews

jadehusdanhicks's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

1.75

This was an interesting read.  
While I did enjoy the underlying plot of the book, I was shocked and a bit disappointed in the ending as I didn’t see it coming nor that character being the cause which felt a bit betraying. 

Overall the way in which this book was romance was just too overly sexual for me and I wasn’t a fan of the openly detailed scenes, as they felt a bit too much and wattpad-esque. 

I guess it’s a good rec for those who like dark romance but it’s not for me at all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

dkgreads's review against another edition

emotional funny tense slow-paced

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

3.75

I liked this book, but not as much as I expected to. I’m a dialogue junkie, so the snarky banter made me giddy, and I love a good friend group/chosen family, but I feel like maybe there were too many POVs. Dual POV is my catnip, because I love getting both sides of the story, and I don’t mind multiple POVs if it’s done right, but I felt like the extra perspectives in this book took away from the main couple’s story and slowed it down for me. I will be continuing the series though, because I really liked all of the characters and their complexities and I want to see how the mystery around Casey’s accident unfolds.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual content, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Infidelity, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

pippamillerxoxo_'s review against another edition

slow-paced

• 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, Violence, Car accident, Abandonment, and Alcohol

skyhazzard's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious 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

4.0

Therapy! All these characters need some good therapy!

It was a fun, dramatic time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Sexual content, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, and Alcohol

Minor: Mental illness, Car accident, Death of parent, and Abandonment

kfaulkner2005's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense 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

3.5

I started out not really being able to get into the book. However, as the book progresses, it’s really easy to feel connected with these characters (Not Silas though, he kind of weirds me out lol). I’m also not a very expressive person with books, but as I reached the last five or so chapters, I couldn’t help but start laughing at some points. I even felt a bit relived and proud towards some of the characters and their character development

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Car accident

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity and Grief

Detailed drug and alcohol usage, infidelity, and LGBTQ+ scenes only present in few chapters (Mostly only Lawson in which you can skip if uncomfortable as it doesn’t feed the plot much) Car accident has some very detailed scenes

a_sharum's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

ecravens's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

xo_sbaby's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Abandonment

readasaurus_lex's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity and Violence