Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley

4 reviews

sea_tea_books's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective slow-paced

3.0

The judgements — and misjudgments — about the people we briefly encounter, and an experiment into social engineering.

This story started off strong, yet eventually fell back into the tired tropes of miscommunication, assumptions, and missed connections. 

Audiobook-specific issue: the narrator didn't leave a pause between time jumps so two different timeframes blended into one. 

Quite the coincidental plot twist — why would Mary go to an art class that Julian was teaching and expect to have a chat while he's clearly preoccupied? Why wouldn't Mary have gone to the cottage she lived in all those years with Julian?

I deducted a star when

multiple characters suggested that Monica should pursue a relationship with a relapsing addict (Hazard) so she could be his pseudo-babysitter, responsible for keeping him in line and thereby absolving him of taking accountability for his choices.

3 ⭐

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Death of parent, Abandonment, and Death

stormeno's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Addiction, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Outing, and Mental illness

Minor: Homophobia, Sexual content, and Death

anton13's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted reflective relaxing sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

The different characters bring a whole new dynamic to the story and the plots and turn are sure to surprise you, wether you’re a curious teen with an eye for books or a book oriented mom I’m sure you’re gonna enjoy it. Even the characters that aren’t main people have interesting stories. I really recommend it. It’s easy to read on a high school level id say. The writer outdid herself

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Drug use, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Addiction, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, Mental illness, and Death

Minor: Self harm

atamano's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, and Addiction

Moderate: Infidelity, Homophobia, Abandonment, and Cursing

Minor: Sexual content