Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson

15 reviews

doddyaboutbooks's review against another edition

dark hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Self harm

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Abandonment

samants's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious 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

3.75

Darkly funny at times, confusing and anticlimactic at others. I felt that the "climax" was less interesting than the vignettes into Jared's life, though Jared's life is so depressing that you really feel bad for the kid. The magical realism elements kind of come out of nowhere and could have been better developed. I was rooting for Jared, and his strength as a character makes me want to read the sequel.

I don't normally put content warnings, but this book has a lot of very graphic content, so I'm including a bunch of content warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

offbrandclubsoda's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

This low-fantasy magical realism book follows Jared as he navigates the challenges of colonialism, high school, an abusive family, and hallucinations that may or may not be magic.

Although I appreciated the coming-of-age aspect of this book, I found that the fantasy storyline was more on the sideline than I would have liked. One of my biggest criticisms of the writing is that the drug use and violence/weapons reads like it was written by a mom who has never smoked weed before. No hate to the author, but some of the slang that was used was laughable.

Spice level: 🌶🌶.5/5

Please please please, check the content warnings!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual content, and Vomit

Minor: Animal death, Biphobia, Incest, Terminal illness, Transphobia, and Colonisation

emtur007's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Drug use, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Moderate: Physical abuse, Self harm, Vomit, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

stephanieridiculous's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Self harm, Sexual content, and Blood

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Racism