Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

La Société très secrète des Sorcières extraordinaires by Sangu Mandanna

262 reviews

creative_cactus's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

Minor: Toxic relationship and Abandonment

r0nyn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Cancer and Death of parent

daenerystargaryen's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Homophobia, Physical abuse, and Racism

moond4ncer's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Abandonment

thecandiegirl's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, and Abandonment

Minor: Confinement, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

cloverbeee's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-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

3.75

Aggressively cozy and charming while managing to mostly avoid being saccharine or overly twee.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Abandonment

Minor: Bullying, Homophobia, Racism, and Sexual content

Handled themes of abandonment, trauma, and generational trauma quite well for a cute little book about witches.

bookwormdystopian2's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment

emilywemily6's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was everything that it wanted to be- it was cozy, witchy, and wholesome. I love all these characters and their dynamics, especially with Mika as the newcomer. I adored the little girls too and liked seeing the progression of the relationship subplot. I appreciated how race and diversity were mentioned and felt like Mika was a really well-adjusted character, albeit with some understandable trauma that shaped her viewpoints but didn’t stop her from being the sunshine. The third act conflict felt very realistic (as far as a witchy fantasy could be) and understandable and took a little effort to resolve, which I liked. The ending wrapped up really nicely which is expected with a cozy book. The writing quality and characters were very well written though! I am so excited to read the next one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content

Moderate: Hate crime, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, and Injury/Injury detail

bookscatcoffee's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

What a lovely, cozy, gut-punch, heart-warming read!  I had all the emotions, but I kept coming back to this wonderful world the author created.  

“Danger rarely wore a monstrous face and wielded a pitchfork. No, danger came most often in the form of people like Edward, the nice people whose niceness only went so deep, who saved their niceness for people exactly like them, who believed they were more deserving of power and respect than anyone who was a little bit different.”  Very good writing and delightful characters!  More books please!  5 stars

Cozy fantasy with diverse characters and lgbtqia+ side characters

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, and Abandonment

vaguelyredhead's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse and Death of parent

Minor: Racism