Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

All the Lovers in the Night by Mieko Kawakami

5 reviews

laurenleannereads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Fatphobia, Infidelity, and Toxic friendship

333amreen's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense slow-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

3.5

The first half of the book felt REALLY slow paced (and it was!) but the latter half really caught me in (though it was just as, if not more slow) but what was different was the emotional connection I'd built with the characters! While this book can be found boring & uneventful by some (like past me) In hindsight, there's actually SO MUCH you can take from it if you you keep an open mind when reading this one, instead of constantly thinking "ugh, what's going on?" I now completely understand why someone on yt said it's a must read for when you're in your 20s. I COULDN'T AGREE MORE‼️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

sea_tea_books's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

4 ⭐
[A book club/buddy read selection.]

Beautiful and interesting descriptions of light throughout the story. 

The story is told from the perspective of the main character and depicts the messiness of life when individuals connect and their complex feelings and choices merge. More than once I became lost in the story and was even caught off guard by the abrupt ending. I'll be checking out more works from this author. 

Trigger warnings: alcoholism, rape

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Alcohol

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Emotional abuse and Abandonment

edelstein's review against another edition

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Rape, Sexual violence, and Abandonment

stephmcoakley's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Car accident, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail