Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Похититель детей by Brom

5 reviews

floressius's review against another edition

It was boring and flat, the characters weren't interesting, and the dark stuff veered towards being edgy rather than impactful/actually meaningful. The dialogue was also cringe-worthy and poor, the story meandred too much, and Peter's entire backstory was ridiculous. 

I wanted to enjoy this, so it was pretty disappointing for it to be this bad. DNF as I didn't want to waste anymore time on it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Child death

Moderate: Rape and Abandonment

mrx99's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

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

2.75

The worldbuilding and art was awesome. I liked the story but even though a lot happens the book feels very slow. So I stopped reading and started the audiobook (which was amazing). The book wasn’t my favourite, because the pace felt weird and it didn’t grip me. There were also some holes in the story for example the mist destroys weapons like guns and bomb but at the first battle the Volk of Avalon was shot down by bomb
I am not sure how I feel about the ending. The „not happy ending“ is great as a teaching moment for Peter and his willingness to follow the lady blindly even if the cost is the live of all the devils. The book should have ended with him crying and remembering all the children lost in his campaign, but no the next second he’s laughing and happy because he has the power of the horned one. The captains perspective and his love for Danny was my favourite book and I which we would get to know how their future looks like.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Classism

lalitamansoor's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Rape, Blood, Kidnapping, and Abandonment

aromarrie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.75

to be written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Abandonment

pitythechild's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

this was absolutely terrifying and absolutely amazing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Pedophilia, Rape, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Rape