Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Englefald by Susan Ee

6 reviews

bamfling's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, and Abandonment

ameydireads's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

“When you're small enough to have to look up at everyone around you, there's no such thing as a dirty fight.”

Basically, the world as we know it has ended, angels are everywhere and humans are trying to survive. An interesting plot! We have angels against angels and Penryn who is trying to survive with her little sister who is in a wheelchair and mother who has schizophrenia and is both intriguing and scary. I didn’t expect her mother to survive and I was surprised to see how self-reliant she was when left on her own. I hope she’ll get a bigger role in the next two books.

The writing felt a little off in the beginning, mainly because of the over-explaining and this made it harder to really get into the book. But I have to say that it got better or maybe I just got used to it. The story also got more interesting later on, so that helps!

Now I’m debating whether to read the other books or not. I didn’t love this book, it was okay but on the other hand

I want to know how Paige ended up in a wheelchair–because I don’t believe it’s their mother’s fault–and why the angels are even on Earth and what is going on with them.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Alcoholism, Death, Slavery, Vomit, Abandonment, and Alcohol

psliz's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-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? No

1.0

so beyond ableist i couldn't finish (DNF'd at page 71). but it gave me the opportunity to finally give myself permission to dnf books and the opportunity to get educated on ableist terms/phrases

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and War

Minor: Child death and Abandonment

cait's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

karaboureview's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Genocide, Sexual content, Trafficking, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and War

tinkithesquirelll's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Outing, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and War