Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

How to Stop Time by Matt Haig

13 reviews

lschuchman's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Abandonment

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Child death and Panic attacks/disorders

gphemsley's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Alcoholism, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Outing, Abandonment, and War

dramagirl2003's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective fast-paced

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

4.75

LOVED IT 👌🏻

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Death, Gun violence, and Terminal illness

thehollyking's review against another edition

reflective 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? It's complicated

1.75

This book was much like Tom Hazard's life, longer than it should've been. It felt very context heavy, I would say the actual plot only spanned about 1/3 of the book. It could've been so much more condensed and said exactly the same thing. Most of the chapters were just fluff. The actual plot was ok. 
I've never been a fan of stories that tell you in a sentence at the end the thought or moral you're meant to be taking away from the book, and this does just that. It kind of felt like the moral came first and the plot came second.
It wasn't a bad book. It was just fine. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Addiction, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Racism, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, and War

waytoomanybooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

This is such a clever twist in the time travel genre, but the title is totally inaccurate. The main character never once attempts to figure out how his aging has been stopped, nor do any of the other character. His only focus is in finding others who have his anti-aging condition.

However, I enjoyed the reflective wisdom of the main character and the history we get to experience along with him. It was fun to see notable historical figures pop into and out of his life, but I especially liked that the people who had the biggest impact on him were just regular people: his family, his friends, his coworkers, etc. The main thread that binds together, all the many arcs of Tom's story is love, and it was lovely to see him come to that conclusion.

My other quibble with the novel is that the story kind of just ends, and the miniature epilogue was a bit too cheesy/cliché for my taste.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

leonormsousa's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious reflective medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Colonisation, and War

basicbookstagrammer's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

introverted_reads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicide, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War

skyegbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad 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

2.75

This book had a nice concept but was far too slow paced for me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Terminal illness, and Abandonment

Minor: Misogyny and Sexism

bookcentipede's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad fast-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Abandonment