Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Harrow la Novena by Tamsyn Muir

37 reviews

julesadventurezone's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This is a book you really need to read at least twice to appreciate. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and War

Minor: Cancer, Eating disorder, Incest, Infertility, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Abandonment, and Alcohol

larbster90's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny 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

I never know what’s going on in these books but I enjoy them anyway

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Child death, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Abandonment, and Alcohol

ladythana's review against another edition

mysterious sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Self harm, Medical content, Dementia, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Dysphoria

Minor: Body shaming and Colonisation

maloriegracereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Honestly, this is one of the best books I have ever read. Tamsyn Muir has perfectly crafted and curated each chapter in this incredible story. I loved the pace, even if it was a bit slow, and found myself truly savoring each moment. I adore these characters, and it is heartbreaking to watch what they go through. But Muir handles this in such a unique and humorous way, without losing any depth and honesty. I wish I could reread this for the first time again, even though I finished it moments ago. I cannot wait to see what else this author has cooked up in the remained of this series!! Thank you for changing my life, Tamsyn Muir. Now I’m going to go make the best damn soup. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Abandonment

bebidocrimes's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

4.75

While it's a little heavy handed on the dialogue explanations of the magic system and world building, I did have an easier time keeping track of the secondary characters. I agree that just accepting that you are going to be confused helps navigate the disjointed timelines. (Some fandom osmosis also helped me keep up, too tbh) I am fascinated by a depiction of god as a flawed and selfish individual who probably shouldn't actually be worshiped. I'm going to need to sit with this one for a while.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Drug use, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Colonisation

jodean's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and War

alisonvh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny slow-paced

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

4.0

I found this book a little harder to follow than the first. It might be because I listened to it on audio rather than reading it. Or it could be because Harrow decided to fuck with the timeline of the first book. I still enjoyed it, especially towards the end, and will definitely be reading the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Alcohol

erinoco's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Body horror and Abandonment

Minor: Death of parent

meat_muffin's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Pregnancy

provo's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I knew before reading this that the plot would not make sense until 2/3 trough, so I was prepared for the confusion.
The finale was something else and bumped my rating from 4 to 5 stars, incredibly satisfying to unwind all the what-the-fuck-is-going-on.
But: check trigger warnings before reading, like there’s a lot of really graphic stuff.
Also maybe not a book anyone should read during an active psychotic episode (this is not a joke).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail