Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Break by Katherena Vermette

5 reviews

margardenlady's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

Heartwrenching story of abuse, woven tightly with a story about the communal strength of women and their love for family. This novel is a complex quilt of life in a neighborhood populated primarily by indigenous families. Narrators of each chapter are identified by name and by  weaving their separate narratives together, we ultimately see the whole story. Lots of triggers: alcoholism, child abuse, abandonment, sexual abuse, discrimination. These are dealt with honestly and without flinching, while deep connections of love and cultural traditions provide a strong base for relationships [although sometimes ignored by the characters].

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment and Child abuse

schaarzy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Blood, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Sexual content, Medical content, Child death, and Mental illness

Minor: Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Toxic friendship, Racial slurs, Eating disorder, Dementia, and Death of parent

parasolcrafter's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Child death, Cursing, Fatphobia, Grief, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Alcohol, Dementia, Colonisation, Death of parent, and Racism

brookepower's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Medical trauma, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Addiction and Alcohol

Minor: Abandonment

lilcoppertop's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Bullying, Grief, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Rape

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Medical content, and Pregnancy