Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Broken Bonds by J. Bree

22 reviews

zc2's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

1.0

I was told it was going to be like Haunting Adeline, however it feels like a darker version of the Shatter Me Series. I will probably continue the series although with reading shatter me before hand, it does feel like a reread but with smaller twist. There wasn’t much background information so I kinda felt confused the whole time. The characters were kinda difficult to remember, like it was hard to match personalities with names. Not terrible but could be better.There weren’t really intense parts except for the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Trafficking, Abandonment, Car accident, Confinement, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

superstar_y2k's review

dark emotional mysterious 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: Blood, Kidnapping, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

ka_ke's review

dark medium-paced

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

4.5

Well consider me intrigued. I downloaded the other five books before I even finished Broken Bonds. I guarantee Nox gets a redemption arc, North can get bent but Gabe, Griffin and Atlas are warming up to me. I love Sage, and I want to protect her with all my heart, please don’t kill her! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Mental illness, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Abandonment, Medical content, Sexual assault, and Xenophobia

psydneigh's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Kind of reminds me of Crave by Tracy Wolff but as a reverse harem. I enjoyed this! Flew through it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, Classism, Emotional abuse, Grief, Abandonment, Kidnapping, and Suicidal thoughts

lotte5322's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Abandonment, Car accident, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Bullying, Violence, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Rape

justagrlandherdog's review

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I went through this book so fast! I enjoyed it a lot. I have some critiques but they are in no way going to keep me from reading the next book. For one the book started without any exposition. I had zero understanding of the bonds, like I understood the concept but I didn’t understand what role that played in the world. This were just explained in too little detail too late in the game. And the guys. There is no singular guy that is on the top of my pyramid, but there sure as hell one at the bottom. There are guys that I like but each had some issue that made me dislike them, beyond their initial dislike of Oli (I understood why they were mad at her). I don’t know how Bree is ever going to make Nox a forgivable character (hopefully she doesn’t) bc the stuff he did is unacceptable and gross.  Also this is the first RH book I’ve read (I’ve played plenty of Otomes and seen plenty of Anime) and maybe I just don’t understand the dynamics in this book setting so I have a lot of questions going forward. At least in the books universe it isn’t taboo so we’re not dealing with that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Cursing, Rape, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Bullying

Minor: Death of parent

stephaniemcuervo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Bullying, Blood, Kidnapping, Cursing, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Abandonment, Vomit, and Abortion

daisycantread24's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Car accident, Violence, and Rape

Minor: Abandonment, Confinement, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Bullying, and Mass/school shootings

cassie12_21's review

adventurous funny tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Started out slow but I think this series has potential.

I can tolerate North, but I hope Nox dies a slow and painful death

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Violence

Moderate: Toxic relationship, War, Sexual harassment, Rape, Physical abuse, Murder, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Confinement, Car accident, and Blood

Minor: Torture, Abandonment, and Fire/Fire injury

Rape:

is within Harem. Nox is a little bitch boy who deserves death. Towards the end of the book he tries to force the bond (its a bit graphic, no penetration)

mx_virg's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Bullying, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Car accident, Alcohol, Trafficking, and Death of parent