Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

8 reviews

tarareadsalot's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Torture, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Grief, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content and Suicidal thoughts

keelymightread's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.75

Such an eerie yet beautiful book that reminded me of the innocence of childhood. The curiosity felt as the story progressed was artfully done. Such a unique story, magical realism is an unmatched genre. The whimsical mystery is a perfect feeling I got from the novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, and Torture

Moderate: Bullying, Suicide, and Abandonment

tabookish's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Grief, and Abandonment

riverofhorton's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

So I went into this book thinking it was a kid's book and would be a fun frolic in a fantasy world. A kid's book it most definitely is not, despite the main character being 7 through the main part of the story. Once I realised and came to terms with my own assumptions being wrong, I found the book to be really enjoyable.

It tackles a few quite mature themes through the wonder of a child's perspective, which is something I don't think I've seen before. It takes place pretty much in our world but with a bit of magic thrown in, some being things that are still magic to us as children, giving the impression that there is magic to be found in the real world, if you look through that child-like lens.

I did also appreciate some of the little call backs to things that previously seemed unimportant.

I also liked that it ends in such a way as to facilitate re-reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

elisepage's review against another edition

It genuinely started getting scary. I was not in the headspace to read about children being helpless and scared while they are threatened or abused by adults. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

groliffe's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Minor: Abandonment

reads2cope's review against another edition

1.0

Loved the concepts explored, but the story itself and the characters fell flat. There were some beautiful lines, and the horror scene near the beginning really made me gag, but most the book left me feeling meh. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Abandonment

Minor: Death of parent

nickel_'s review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Car accident, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail