Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert

10 reviews

ettegoom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious reflective tense 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? Yes

4.0

I picked this up on a whim at the library, and then didn't read it until it was overdue.  I nearly took it back before I read it. I'm glad I didn't.  
I've been finding things a bit rough, with all the genocide, racist government policy and losing a place that was complicated and stressful but also really important to me, so grabbed this off the pile as a reprieve from non-fiction. It immediately sucked me in. 

I love the hideous cruelty of the Hinterland, and can't help wishing that Stories of the Hinterland was a real book that I could read.  There's something about a vicious fairy tale that makes them so much more appealing than the sanitised stories of my childhood.  

I enjoyed the way that the book reminded me a little of The Seven Thousand Doors of January, yet was somehow darker and more satisfying.  
I'm really looking forward to the sequel.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

amachonis's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Abandonment

whatkatyread87's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

This was an amazing Grimm type fairytale story. Loved the stories included. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

taural41's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Sexual content

tangleroot_eli's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

A wild ride of a book about the sometimes dangerously blurry line between the "real" world and the world of stories. If you like your fairy tales on the creepy side, this one's for you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Blood

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Suicide, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

bookishthea's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Violence

Minor: Confinement, Suicide, Kidnapping, and Abandonment

joannalouise's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing sad 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

Minor: Blood and Abandonment

zimmerlemon's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

4.0

The writing style of this was really great early on, it really hooked me! Things unfolded in a really interesting way. My one qualm

is that I’m a little bit of a romance nut and I was bummed about Finch kind of going away on his own journey, but it makes enough sense for his character that I’m not tooooo mad about it. Just would’ve been really cute for them to have more afterwards bc of how loyal he was while she was in her story. But this sets other things up better so I’ll get over it lol

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From the middle onwards might lose you unless you're ready to just vibe. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Death, Blood, and Abandonment

emmanating's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

2.5

I found parts rather annoying to read. Nothing terrible, but it is plagued by the YA heterosexual "Not Like Other Girls" lines and characterizations, and some irritatingly surface-level feminism/sexism. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence, Trafficking, and Abandonment

hedihenderika's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Abandonment