Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Grace Year by Kim Liggett

19 reviews

sierrabowers's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

4.75

I loved this book! It was very good from start to finish and I couldn’t stop listening! (Audiobook) the plot was unique - a mix between the hunger games and the handmaid’s tale - and the characters were realistic!!! There wasn’t a time when I thought that something wouldn’t actually happen in the given situation. I won’t spoil the end, but it’s not the traditional happy ending, and I liked that, because it was realistic! I also loved the political relevance of the topic and the metaphors that could be pulled from this book while reading. The ONLY thing I didn’t like, was

that Tyranny falls in love. I liked that it was with a poacher because it showed us that side of the community, but the fact that she ended up getting pregnant, and she thought she loved him even though they only really knew each other for a few months… just didn’t sit well with me. I also didn’t like that she got cleared of the charges when she got back.

Overall, the ending was amazing. I never knew what was going to happen, and it was very smart the way that they used the Governor’s words against him to back up Tyranny’s excuse. I also liked that there was no major uprising in the end, because real change takes time, and I think the book does an amazing job at showing that. Amazing read. Would recommend to everyone!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

wickedreads's review against another edition

dark tense

4.25

 This book kinda fucked me up but it was really good. But I do have beef with the end 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Abandonment

Moderate: Violence and Cannibalism

haleybre's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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? Yes

5.0

Amazing, emotional, raw.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Lesbophobia

kshertz's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book. I loved it. It has a hunger games vibe but with girls who go out to get rid of their magic into the middle of nowhere. If they leave safety, poachers can kill them. It is masterfully done. I love the psychological pieces and power dynamics. I will definitely recommend for anyone who likes Hunger Games and YA novels. Fantastic. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

saurahsaurus's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense 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

4.0

I love this book. Not a spoiler, but a little trite/maudlin at the end. Still a good ending and an overall very powerful read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual harassment

anger566's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Sexism, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Misogyny, Blood, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Several people die throughout, and since most of the main characters are 16 I marked it as child death as well.

the_disreputable_dog's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective 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? Yes

5.0

This book was dystopian, female led, really well written, and suspenseful. This thing is like lightning in a bottle. It makes me happy, because every character has a purpose, and a face they show the world and a back they keep hidden, which is how you know it's a good book. You get the higher class men, see a little of how they're limited with what they can do (at the end), of course the middle class is apparent in how they're limited, and then you obviously see how the bottom class is restricted as well, instead of how some books just show an all powerful, all encompassing top tier of society where they can do whatever the fuck they want with no consequences. Also, there's the classic dystopian fight against oppression, but I like how Tierney realises she can't be on her own in everything if she wants to do good for everyone. The theme is about working together to do things better, which I love. It's less of an individual self determination oriented book, which is common among dystopians. If this were part of a series, I'd already be starting the next one (but it's definitely built to be a stand alone book, so instead it's on my birthday wish list and I'm off to search for recommendations of more like this). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Pregnancy

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Homophobia, Mental illness, Medical content, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

nya_r's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

This book was so good! If you’re like me and don’t usually gravitate towards dystopian novels, you would still like this. In my opinion, the last quarter of the book was a bit convoluted, but still enjoyable. I would definitely recommend. Please be sure to look up TW if you need to!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Sexism, Violence, Blood, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Incest, Infertility, Rape, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Abandonment

creativeerosion's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Rape, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Lesbophobia