Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Book Swap by Tessa Bickers

6 reviews

atamano's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Minor: Infidelity, Sexual content, and Blood

dani_reis's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Abandonment

19mooremar's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Grief, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

riosvanessa22's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted 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? No

4.75

Erin has just lost her best friend, Bonnie,to cancer & the only thing that makes sense to her is to start living her life for Bonnie. She’s quit her job, and in process of starting a new chapter, she has decided to clean her room and get rid of things she doesn’t need. She’s packed up a luggage full of books she won’t read and taken them to a free little library. What she realizes later is that she accidentally gave away her favorite book, To Kill a Mockingbird that’s heavily annotated and within it, it has the last note her best friend gave her. After running back to look for it she realizes it’s gone. Devastated she tries her luck again and to her surprise her book has been returned but this time with an invitation to read Great Expectations. 

She’s found a new friend within the margins of her favorite books. She opens herself up to this complete stranger but as time goes on she realizes she wants to meet this mystery man. Little do they both know, they share a past filled with good memories and not so good memories. 

𝗠𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀💭 

I honestly thought this book was going to be a cute romance novel but to my surprise it was more than that. The trauma, the abandonment issues, personal growth. It had me in a chokehold, because of all the trauma I could relate to it. It felt heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time. Erin’s character developed strong. So much growth and realization. If anything this book has literally taught me, if a workplace is toxic quit, if you want to follow your dreams DO IT! Books literally teach us something new and they hold so much magic. This is why I love books & thank you Tessa Bickers for such a lovely book. I will be picking up a copy of this book and annotating it. I shed a few tears and that’s something I haven’t done in a long time. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Abandonment

suzyvee's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

4.25

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC. 

I really loved this book. I thought the characters were well-developed, and loved the use of books and reading to tie the characters together. 

This was no cutesy romance novel. There was grief and sadness and misunderstandings and unspoken apologies, family issues, mental illness, and friendship. I’m excited to see what the author writes next. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Death, Mental illness, Grief, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

lindseybarnett's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol