Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Skye Falling by Mia McKenzie

8 reviews

thissagreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny hopeful lighthearted fast-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

4.5

The main character was so frustrating and lacked so much self awareness, BUT IT WORKED!!! This book was laugh-out-loud hilarious! Loved the humor in this book and and with sad moments, The was a fairly well rounded story. I wish there was a little more backstory on the main character’s relationship/past with her father but overall I was so enthralled with this book. I couldn’t put it down! I was so excited to read about black queerness and definitely here for the lady lovers!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse and Vomit

emzireads's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Police brutality, and Abandonment

gallexi's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

This book is one of the best I’ve read in a long time. The main character, Skye, is loveable, flawed, and an unreliable narrator but grows in that regard over the course of the book.

The story is not only set in Philly, but oozes Philly from every page. Having grown up there, I got homesick for pieces of the city I had totally forgotten about. Even if you don’t have ties to the city, the theme of “complicated feelings about home and nostalgia” will still likely be relatable.

Skye Falling touches on pretty challenging themes, but also presents such a strong sense of love and community that I didn’t feel alone in wrestling with them.

Really well done. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Police brutality, Death of parent, and Abandonment

shector1's review

emotional reflective relaxing tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Death, Infertility, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual content, Transphobia, Police brutality, Medical content, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

leighannezinsmeister's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Racism, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Cursing, Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, Abandonment, and Alcohol

caseythereader's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

4.25

Thanks to Random House for the free copy of this book.

 - Let's have some queer screaming about SKYE FALLING! This book is real queer and messy in the best way! Lesbian, bisexual, and trans rep among the main characters, and everyone is out and feels at home with their identities! Love it!
- This book can be pretty heavy, especially when Skye is looking back at her childhood. But it's also super funny, keeping it from becoming a plodding recitation of traumas, as books about messy adults often are.
- It's wonderful to see a book full of queer adults. So often in books - especially non-genre fiction adult novels - you get a queer person surrounded by straight people, or maybe one or two other queer minor characters. But Skye's life is deeply queer, and her community (as small as it is at the start) feels real. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual assault, Transphobia, and Abandonment

internationalreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Drug use, Infertility, Sexual content, Police brutality, Medical content, Abandonment, and Alcohol

stacy837's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny hopeful 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Infertility, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Police brutality, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment