Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova

30 reviews

lilac_sparkle's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

I thought this book was really good at juggling the multiple main characters, as well as switching between the different timelines.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racism, Death, Sexual content, Sexism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Abandonment, Violence, and Body horror

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

CW for sexual content: There are multiple scenes of characters sleeping together throughout the story written in somewhat descriptive detail. Might be best to avoid if you are sex-repulsed, such as myself.

gabyhat's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Sexual content

Minor: Abandonment, Child death, and Pregnancy

moniipeters's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Blood, Abandonment, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Racism, and Sexual content

pejms's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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: Infidelity and Sexual content

Moderate: Child death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Death

thesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Misogyny, and Abandonment

chasingpages1's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Abandonment

Moderate: Confinement and Infidelity

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Racism, Self harm, and Stalking

thedambookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Murder, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Self harm, Sexual content, and Fire/Fire injury

yajairat's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective 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? N/A

4.5

If any book has magical realism, I WILL be reading. This reminded me of great Latin American classics like 100 Years of Solitude, but it also felt very modern and the elements of magical realism fit well within that context. I think this raised a really good question for immigrant families, especially for first generation kids: how well do we really know our families? There is so much that we don't talk about. But as we see in this book, by knowing about our elders' lives and hearing their stories, the more we get to know about ourselves. 

The writing was beautiful, loved the characters. I also really like multi-generational family stories, and I'm glad we got to touch on most family members. But at the end of the day this is about three central characters, and I liked that the author did that, makes it easier for me to engage with the story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Infidelity, and Death of parent

kayelina's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Sexual content

Moderate: Bullying, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Toxic relationship, Violence, Abandonment, and Pregnancy

escapismforlife's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

This book was unexpected in the best yet most magical of ways. I loved the fact that the Montoya family is so casual  throughout  most of the book about their gifts. Because they were raised in a mysterious and unique environment. They just  want answers  like most other large family's when the pasts comes to haunt them because of their grandmother's life. 

Marima  and Rey along with the rest of their cousins, aunts and uncles are so very different.  And they all don't  get along but they all band together in the end despite everything. Which made for such a good ending despite  the secerets that are slowly revealed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Abandonment, Blood, Animal death, Sexual content, Death of parent, Child death, and Alcoholism