Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party by Daniel James Brown

9 reviews

weboury's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

cccannFantastic book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Murder, Cannibalism, Child death, Colonisation, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Confinement, and Sexism

dustghosts's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Death, Animal death, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Abandonment, Gore, Racism, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

kpeps's review against another edition

dark informative tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Cannibalism, Medical content, Alcohol, Abandonment, Death, Animal death, and Colonisation

Moderate: Grief, Violence, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, Gun violence, and Gore

peppermint_pink's review

adventurous reflective tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Cannibalism, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Child death, Abandonment, and Animal death

Minor: Xenophobia, War, Mental illness, Torture, and Gore

mondovertigo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cannibalism, Death, Murder, Abandonment, Racism, Animal death, Death of parent, Grief, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: War

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Adult/minor relationship

jamiejanae_6's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Animal death, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Grief, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Murder

angelfireeast24's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Racism, Violence, Abandonment, and Ableism

Moderate: Pregnancy, War, Classism, Gun violence, and Xenophobia

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Fire/Fire injury

lelyreads's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Abandonment, Child death, Death of parent, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Cannibalism, Death, Gore, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Murder, Colonisation, and Racism

Minor: War, Confinement, Genocide, Infidelity, Alcohol, Misogyny, and Pregnancy

junefish's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Murder, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, and Sexism

Minor: Abortion, Cancer, Child abuse, Colonisation, War, Pregnancy, and Medical trauma