Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Home for Unwanted Girls by Joanna Goodman

10 reviews

sugarcubes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Minor: Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, and War

reaingmom02's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Miscarriage, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Abandonment

dev921's review against another edition

emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

hannalovegood's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Cultural appropriation, and Abandonment

Moderate: Mental illness, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, and Vomit

Minor: Ableism, Cancer, Incest, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

joey1914's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical content, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

kshertz's review against another edition

emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.25

If you like historical fiction this is a story about a girl finding herself pregnant at a young age. Her child is taken away without her consent. We hear what she goes through and what her child goes through. I felt that it was interesting but at times hard to follow with French and English politics. But still enjoyed it overall. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, and Abandonment

navayiota's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative 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? Yes

5.0

This book is going to haunt me. So well written and raw, and hard to read cause of all the horrible topics that are dealt with but without it scaring me off. Definitely watch out for the triggers for this one if you're thinking about reading it!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Moderate: Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Vomit, Antisemitism, Medical trauma, and Classism

Minor: Alcohol

mackwallace's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Moderate: Cancer, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Forced institutionalization

jessicat103's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Abandonment

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Physical abuse and Rape

beth_s98's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Death and Death of parent