Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Bad Cree by Jessica Johns

8 reviews

jenlengland's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective tense medium-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

4.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism, Abandonment, and Colonisation

Minor: Alcoholism, Vomit, and Alcohol

zombiezami's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Racism, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug use, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

livlamentloathe's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.0

I didn’t know what to expect cause I’d not heard much about this before I borrowed the audiobook but I really liked it! I enjoyed learning about Cree culture and how important family is.

I also appreciated that Jolee’s pronouns weren’t ever explained. They used they/them and they were Mackenzie’s best friend and that’s all that mattered. 

A great, twisty monster story about greed and family and loss.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, and Cancer

maresuju's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense fast-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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Abandonment

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cannibalism, and Abandonment

throwback682's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, and Drug use

Minor: Kidnapping

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism

shadestate's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

What a wonderful, raw exploration of grief, community, and guilt. How avoiding deep pain doesn't make it disappear. It just gets a chance to linger and fester. I loved how Mackenzie, the main character, was deeply flawed. 

Anxious, avoidant, pushing people away because she feels like a burden. Unable to ask for help. Falling into the trap that pretending you're okay is the same as not making your loved ones worried. Yet still loved by her family and friends. Because we all have our flaws, the bad. 

 

A five of cups book at its core. Definitely want to reread this late October, when I think the pages will speak even more than they did now, at the start of spring. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Grief, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Racism, and Death of parent

Minor: Body horror, Sexism, Murder, and Sexual harassment

spineofthesaurus's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Cannibalism, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Colonisation