Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Burntcoat by Sarah Hall

5 reviews

tecas's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? N/A

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, and Grief

Moderate: Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Body horror, and Violence

amyymon's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

Moderate: Abandonment

stevie's review

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Grief, Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, Terminal illness, Vomit, Ableism, Blood, Car accident, and Confinement

wherethebooksgo's review against another edition

dark sad medium-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Violence, Abandonment, Confinement, Excrement, Gaslighting, Medical content, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

emilygigs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

I can see myself revisiting this one in a decade or so; the writing about a pandemic and life in lockdown and the fear that comes when a partner is ill — all of it is spot-on. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Grief, and Dementia

Moderate: Abortion, Miscarriage, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexism, Car accident, and Abandonment

Pandemic content Second-person POV