Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman

13 reviews

amris's review

emotional funny inspiring 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Sexual content

vj_thompson's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing sad 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? Yes

3.0

I really wanted to like this book like I loved the second one, but I didn’t. Don’t get me wrong, I still liked aspects of this read. Learning more about Nina and her father’s side of the family. That was probably my favorite part. 

Abbi Waxman’s books are similar to Emily Henry’s in the sense of the romance takes the back burner but it is still very relevant to the story. That’s what I was missing with this book. The romance was very dragged out and I hated the third act break up. I think there should have been more explanation or background between Nina and Tom instead of a quick they get back together like nothing happened.

I would still recommend the series as a whole. The second book was my favorite, and I cannot wait to reread it. Hopefully Polly gets her own story!!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Infidelity, Alcohol, and Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism, Sexual content, and Grief

r_clark's review

funny lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism

jessmarie945's review

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• 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: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Abandonment and Infidelity

Minor: Death of parent and Alcoholism

fromjuliereads's review

This book just really didn't work for me. I didn't like the main character - the author made her so quirky that she became unlikeable - and the supposed romance, nothing happens. The book is just a bit boring for me and I didn't want to pick it up anymore.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship

lindsayerin's review

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Abandonment

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Mental illness

Minor: Homophobia and Racism

mswarning's review against another edition

lighthearted 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? Yes

3.25

Theoretically it would be nice to crave dense 5-star books all the time, but I was in the mood for a lighthearted palate cleanser I could speedread.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcoholism and Abandonment

Minor: Death of parent and Bullying

readingwithwillo_'s review

emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Grief and Abandonment

coacklebee's review

slow-paced

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

0.25

This was a huge miss for me, and I'm really disappointed about it because I love books and I love books about books. Nina was a walking stereotype of an anxious book-lover, and as someone who has suffered from anxiety for most of my life and read voraciously as a child, there was nothing relatable about her for me. Nina and Tom seriously lacked chemistry, and I have no clue why on earth they ended up together beyond the fact that he apparently really wanted to have sex with her. The sudden found family could have been really interesting, but it just wasn't fully explored. Almost all of the family members love Nina immediately, and the only one who doesn't turns out to be exactly like her (so of course by the end of the book they're best friends). And everything got completely nonsensical in the last couple of chapters.

I'm not normally this harsh reviewing books, but man, I wish I had DNFed this one. A lot of other people seem to really like it though, so maybe this author just isn't for me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, and Infidelity

nicoles_reading_corner's review

emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Mental illness

Moderate: Abandonment and Alcoholism