Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Den slags små ting by Claire Keegan

64 reviews

medini_l's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, and Abandonment

soggycedar's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.75

Maybe I didn’t give it enough focus. I don’t tend to like stories with few characters, and more description than action.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Confinement

Moderate: Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Colonisation

imoran's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious reflective fast-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Sexism and Abandonment

Minor: Cancer, Slavery, Vomit, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

lollymac's review against another edition

hopeful reflective sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement and Abandonment

Minor: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Vomit, and Religious bigotry

rcy's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad

4.0

Beautifully sparse.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, and Abandonment

plumreadsbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

Beautifully written. Depicts hardship, humanity and the mundane in a way that is made beautiful. Pensive in tone and brimming with empathy, yet understated in emotion. Really enjoyed reading this, kind of wish it was longer!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, and Abandonment

bshort92's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Abandonment

sophiestasyna's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-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

5.0

A simple, no-nonsense, beautifully written tale about how one man's moral dilemma brings him full-circle. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Abandonment

Minor: Death and Death of parent

the_clueless_tourist's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

bootrat's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

Another short but very impactful book from Claire Keegan. I really liked Bill, and I'm glad he got the start in life that he did when - as we learn - many babies in similar situations at the time didn't. 

I was happy with the way the book ended wrt his parentage, and I'm now off to go down a rabbit hole of Magdalene laundries.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, and Abandonment