Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

27 reviews

loesche312's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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? No

4.75

A beautiful and complex story between two characters in a dystopian hellscape - the plot is used less in a way to move characters along and moreso to highlight their flaws, fears, and motivations. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Rape and Violence

brynalexa's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

1.0

I post on threads about a book that made you want to throw it in the garbage can inspired me to come back and review this book I read two years ago. 

This book is garbage. I had no interest in being in that awful man’s head for so long. 

The only times he brings up his wife (the only mention of a woman in the entire book) he introduces her using what her breasts look like in the particular memory he’s thinking about. Even when it’s in reference to their young child. 

There are much better apocalyptic/dystopian books out there. Please don’t bother and especially don’t give more money to this asshat author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Rape, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Abandonment

bungo_books's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

4.0

Love the authors writing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and War

michaela_reads_stuff's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

It made me want to weep, and then made me feel bad about the wasted energy of weeping. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Moderate: Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, and Death of parent

classical_learner's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

4.0

This is a very good book, not an easy one to read (aka, not good for mental health lol). I have a feeling the Walking Dead show was heavily inspired by this (I say this because although there are no zombies, the type of rough post-apocalyptic kill-or-be-killed survival scenario is similar). 
Especially in the second half, this book provokes the reader to come face-to-face with the grisly-ness of human nature and question how strong of a belief one has in anything transcendental, and why morality matters when nothing else does. 

TLDR—
A worthwhile read but, TWs? All of them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Cursing

annaa_aaaaa's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Self harm, Slavery, Suicide, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

kurrelina1's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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

3.0

So good, the "problem" is you really gotta catch up and be aware of details, a pretty complicated book but amazing according to me 🙏🏻

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Suicide, and Abandonment

jorgus_gorge's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

maulikki's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.0

I usually like stories set in dystopian worlds, and this one definitely left me thinking. To me, the book was a good balance between light and dark, I really enjoyed all the small believable moments of love and humanity inside the new bleek world. The book rarely gave any answers, and instead presented a parent in impossible situations trying their best to protect their child. I get this is not for anyone, but just for the writing alone, I could recommend this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

beamishbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

One of the best fictional books I've ever read, maybe the best.
DEFINITELY the best dystopian tale.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment