Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes

18 reviews

katelynprice's review

emotional funny 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, Death, and Grief

Minor: Car accident, Cancer, and Misogyny

catsandmetaphors's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death, Abandonment, and Car accident

dotarvi's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Car accident, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Grief

jamiejanae_6's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

theabee's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Gaslighting

Moderate: Grief, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Death, and Mental illness

Minor: Car accident

elliehoney's review

emotional hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

3.0

The build up of the plot in this book was such a slow build and slow burn in such a nice way. I really liked that there was such a focus on mental health and therapy, it felt like such a genuine storyline. I read such diverse books now that this is the first predominantly white book I’ve read in a while, so I think this was worth the read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, and Death

Minor: Gaslighting

theonlybaillie's review

emotional inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death and Mental illness

Minor: Physical abuse, Alcohol, Sexual content, Abandonment, and Toxic friendship

danielleafsordeh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.25

I really enjoyed the characterization of Evvie, her life, her husband’s death, and her complicated grief. This was a really sweet book and the story will stick with me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Abandonment

micaelamariem's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-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

3.25

This book was an okay romance. I mean there were important themes of starting fresh, forgiving yourself, friendship, honesty, and mental health. But I really struggled to get into it. There wasn’t any comic relief and the romance wasn’t spine tingling or even that cute and mushy. So I guess this book just didn’t appeal to me personally. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Grief, Abandonment, Ableism, Alcohol, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

jenn_reads's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

This book was so, so good. From the general premise, the characters, the hilarious retelling of the minor league cereal box drama. The end felt a little strange, the glimpses of a moment here and there during months/seasons to show the passing of time felt a little rushed? But all in all I loved it.

Jula Whelan was also a great narrator and I'd definitely listen to a book she read again. 

I selected  "It's Complicated" on the diverse characters question because the two main characters are not described in detail. Evvie is described as a woman with curly brown hair with brown eyes who looks like anyone's sister, and until the new girlfriend comes along she's relied on to braid her best friend's daughters' hair for important events. Dean is described as having green eyes, curly dark hair, and you can tell when he's been sunburned. He has a white mom and remarks that Maine is very, very white. Nowhere does it explicitly say they are both exclusively white, and a movie cast could easily be open to interpretation while remaining 100% true to the book descriptions. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Death

Moderate: Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, and Grief

Minor: Car accident