Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The First Bad Man by Miranda July

7 reviews

poenaestante's review against another edition

dark funny sad fast-paced

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

4.5

This book was weird but a total page-turner!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Pedophilia, and Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Abandonment

Minor: Infidelity and Classism

fieldofhats's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Read for Fiction Writing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Abortion, and Abandonment

lexigrce's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad 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? It's complicated

2.5

thought it couldn’t get weirder and then it did again and again and again

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

lilmor's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny tense slow-paced

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

one of my best friends, a deeply enigmatic middle-aged woman named Aura, emphatically recommended and lent me this book. in retrospect it is exactly the type of thing she would recommend. almost didn’t finish multiple times, powered thru 4 her. experiencing a lot of complex emotions rn; disgust, pity,  tenderness feature prominently. i cannot recommend this book and i cannot give it a star rating. miranda july is a talented writer.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Violence, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Grief, and Abortion

michaelion's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

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

2.0

Years ago I saw this book in an article that I don't remember the name of, just some list of books to read, don't remember what website either but it was probably some shit like Buzzfeed. If I find what the news source was I swear to the Gods I am NEVER reading an article by them again.

I can't even say it's painfully white more like it's absurdly white. Like I know white people are a different breed but of all the sectors and factons of white folks I've seen I have never encountered this sort of oddity. An absolute strangness. I mean this with the utmost seriousness when I say weirdo behavior.

The writing also isn't all that exciting or riveting. It reads like a debut novel for sure. It didn't grip my attention for very long. The best parts were the gay parts and even those were off.

If you like unreloable narrators (derogatory) and toxic whiteness (EXTREMELY derogatory), this book is for you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Sexual content

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Toxic relationship, Antisemitism, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Minor: Incest

I should disclaim that there's only one antisemitic moment. A character is described a "Jewish looking" instead of, I don't know, describing the character. Also her name is Rachel so double whammy. I also tagged racism because at one point she says Rhodesia and not South African so that's gotta stem from something. Incest is tag because leave it to a friend of Lena Dunham to write a romance between two characters most people perceive as mother and daughter. (I only know she's friends with Lena Dunham because she thanks her in the acknowledgements.)

rubycs's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

2.5

I did not enjoy the narrator, who is unreliable and very mentally ill. I have read other books similar to this and really enjoyed them, such as everyone is this room will someday be dead, but this was too weird.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

dhritigupta's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

a very weird and unlikeable book! but also i liked the last 100 pages more than i thought, and understood the characters more than i wanted to! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Vomit and Abandonment

Minor: Abortion