Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty

9 reviews

rnorthie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

4.0

This is a hard book to rate. The writing was beautiful and I loved the challenge of piecing the stories together and the last 2 stories were amazing (in a sad tragic way). I think in general some of the stories weren’t my favorite but it didn’t take away from the intrigue they slowly built up to the last two stories. Definitely worth a read.

Check content warnings!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Infertility, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual assault

sundayfever's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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

Dark but good read. Collection of short stories strung together. Nice to read an indigenous story set here in Maine. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Vomit, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Violence, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Colonisation

ohnoitscoco's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, and Car accident

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Minor: Death and Grief

melishahigdon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

I really enjoyed this. I think this has really sparked my interest in indigenous culture and learning more about life on reservations and lore from that culture. However, I feel hesitant to rate it since my rating could be affected by how much I didn’t understand about the culture as a whole. BUT, I really loved it! Idk I think I may settle on 4.5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Child death

Moderate: Drug use, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, and Dementia

emmas_bookshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

5.0

This is an incredibly poignant debut. The way time jumps allow us to understand how Dee was shaped by his upbringing on the Rez, and how we are able to look at little David knowing how pieces of his life turn out, was extremely effective narrative tool. The whole cast of characters was incredibly well developed and I felt like I could so clearly picture the scenery and settings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

alyssasaurus's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

sidneyreads_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Colonisation

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Violence, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Sexual violence, Blood, Abandonment, and Classism

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism and Fatphobia

internationalreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism