Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Woman of Light by Kali Fajardo-Anstine

19 reviews

ckingcolorado's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Minor: Miscarriage, Sexual content, and Abandonment

Enjoyable historical fiction centering the Latina/Indigenous experience in CO in the mining/early modern eras. It adresses the racism and misfortune embedded in the rapid expansion of the West and also offers sweet details of a woman coming into her own as she discovers her family's past. Ooh and the main character is a fortune-teller.

ajdenson's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring 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? No

5.0

Like a sip of warm cinnamon tea while looking out at a mountainside blurry from distance 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Classism

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.5

i expected to love this a lot more than i did, especially because of how much i liked this authors previous work. mainly due to some of the content warnings i think

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

kcbatts's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, and Alcohol

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Abortion and Pregnancy

mdavis26's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Blood, Vomit, Abortion, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol

imds's review against another edition

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Classism

bebidocrimes's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

You can tell how much the writer cares for the land, in any timeline, by how much beauty and love is in the descriptions. It makes the mining throughout feel more heartbreaking and maybe not worth the risks it put people in. Most of my issues with the main character can be excused by her being 17. She's indecisive and unfocused, and doesn't seem to have a very strong presence. I liked seeing her through other characters' eyes, it showed more personality. All the other characters are well developed and I understood where they fit in their own stories. Especially Lizette. Luz and Diego have some childhood development, but most other children are treated as a silent backdrop. Sara and Marie Josie are described in contrast to one another, sure, but they don't really get personalities until they're 15. I love seeing how Luz and Diego mirror Sara and Marie Josie as siblings, how their decisions affect which way their lives lead. Shout-out to the crime fighting rattlesnake.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Alcoholism, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Colonisation

danimacuk's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual content, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

leio_vaasi_read's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Abandonment, and Classism

atamano's review against another edition

sad medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Colonisation

Moderate: Sexual content, Vomit, Grief, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail