Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

16 reviews

rae1019's review against another edition

challenging emotional

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Cultural appropriation, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Slavery, Animal death, Child abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Religious bigotry, Addiction, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Trafficking

scmiller's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective 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: Police brutality, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Colonisation, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Violence, Gun violence, Hate crime, Pandemic/Epidemic, Abandonment, Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Racism, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Kidnapping, Rape, Animal death, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Confinement, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Police brutality, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Medical content, and Torture

Minor: Trafficking

jeanbpdx's review

emotional funny mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Cultural appropriation

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Racism, and Colonisation

Minor: Slavery and Abandonment

Shoutout to the many book lists within this book.

greatexpectations77's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I just flew through this one because I liked it so much. I can't wait to revisit its booklist and to get out to Minnesota to visit the bookshop. What an interesting realistic fiction that Ms. Erdrich crafted. The writing is so meaningful and enthralling. What a book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic and Police brutality

Moderate: Racism, Stalking, Bullying, Death, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Addiction, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Colonisation, and Abandonment

Definitely not an escape-from-covid read!

madzie's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Cultural appropriation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Addiction, Police brutality, and Abandonment

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, and Drug use

superstormnora's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.5

The voice of Tookie is strong and blunt, and I appreciated the look through another experience of the year of the pandemic. The connection that Tookie gains to the people around her reminds me to be present. 

Spoiler

the ending was unexpected with Flora, but I was going to really be mad at the book if Pollux died, so I’m glad he didn’t

 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug abuse, Colonisation, Classism, Alcoholism, Police brutality, Violence, Racism, Hate crime, Grief, Death, Cultural appropriation, Addiction, Forced institutionalization, and Abandonment

laurasullivan's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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: Panic attacks/disorders and Cultural appropriation

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Abandonment, Mental illness, Police brutality, Medical content, Hate crime, Fire/Fire injury, and Death

Minor: Animal death, Drug use, Suicide attempt, Slavery, and Racism

feebles640's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-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: Hate crime, Colonisation, Addiction, Grief, and Gun violence

Moderate: Racism, Abandonment, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Police brutality

Minor: Child abuse, Rape, Suicide attempt, and Sexual content

emory's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective slow-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

Some of the most completely fleshed out and realistic characters in anything I've read in recent memory. Beautiful writing and wonderful plot 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Racism, Addiction, Abandonment, Confinement, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Cultural appropriation, Drug use, and Police brutality

deenmachine's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective 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

ONLY Louise Erdrich could make me enjoy reading about the pandemic. Surprisingly light-hearted and funny, it was an absolute joy to read, from start to finish. I enjoyed reading Tookie and Pollux's relationship so much, I wanted to live in it. And it's such a treat to read about Minneapolis this way and feel like a secret insider, knowing all the settings so well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation

Moderate: Drug abuse, Abandonment, and Police brutality