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Damnation Spring by Ash Davidson

34 reviews

adriso's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

The way that this story brought the reader along the entire journey through all the twists and turns of life was nearly cinematic. The pace gave me a lot of time to warm up to the characters and inevitably love them all even through their flaws and challenges. It was an entirely emotional and vivid experience to read this novel and I loved almost every second of it.

It was relatable, funny, and heartbreaking till the end, and I completely unraveled towards the end. It felt like I came crashing down with the characters durring their greif and heartache.<spoiler/> This is the type of book I would spend months on and appreciate all the time I invest in it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Violence, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Misogyny and Abortion

Minor: Animal death and Fire/Fire injury

rosie_b's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Miscarriage, and Abortion

hollybearhouck's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

A slow burn, one that brought me to tears multiple times.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage and Violence

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Cursing, Infertility, Car accident, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

ssternle's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infertility, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Medical content, Abortion, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

bookishaddictions's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I’d like to start off by saying that this book would probably be most enjoyable for people who enjoy 1970s US historical fiction, as well those that are into environmental-themed reads. The novel’s concept is interesting, and you really get to know each of the characters involved. Although I found myself frequently getting distracted and could barely focus on this read; I spent months trying to read this chunks at a time so I could review this as fairly as possible Dr spite my apparent disinterest. I snagged this as a ARC from @netgalley, as I had heard great things about it. I found that I learned quite a bit about how the logging process goes, and it inspired a variety of conversations with my relatives about their memories of the time. As someone who has seen the environmental changes to my Southern California town over a few years, I felt for those residents of Damnation Springs that represented everyone who was tired of our forests being destroyed. I’ve seen my town get drier, hotter, and a whole lot less green. Even if I did not really care for the writing style, I will agree that it was covering some very important issues. I think what really made this a 3/5 for me though was the ending; it felt too cliche after the originality of the rest of the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage

Moderate: Animal death and Child death

Minor: Animal cruelty, Sexual content, and Abortion

jessie_deee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Miscarriage, and Abortion

maregred's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Infidelity, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Car accident

Minor: Racism, Xenophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

dwager's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Miscarriage, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Infidelity, Racism, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Suicide, and Car accident

blg845's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Miscarriage, and Abortion

rynicolereads's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Damnation Spring was such an immersive read for me—I felt like I was wandering the Redwood Forest and taking in the views of the Crescent City coast. And the characters were as rich and complicated as the setting. You'll love this if you enjoy character-driven literary fiction with strong nature themes.

Note: Please check the content warnings for this one. They're heavy! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Car accident, and Abortion