Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Alone With You in the Ether by Olivie Blake

24 reviews

aileron's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Infidelity

Minor: Drug abuse, Abandonment, Addiction, and Suicide attempt

gardens_and_dragons's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

This book about two broken people learning how to love each other as the opposites as they are, but also about how they need to fix themselves so that their flaws don’t consume them each other whole. 

The prose was AMAZING and had so many good quotes. I did find myself disliking Regan’s choices and thought processes, but I did empathize with her. I identified a lot with Aldo and his struggles for human connection and finding his purpose in life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Infidelity, and Mental illness

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Abandonment

Not sure how to categorize Regan’s relationship with her family - it’s super toxic but not explicitly abusive. A lot of it stems from her mental health struggles and how her past choices in crime affect her relationships.

poati's review against another edition

emotional hopeful

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Abandonment

clairew97's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, Classism, Death, Drug use, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Self harm, and Sexual content

nightstitch96's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Abandonment, Sexual content, and Addiction

Minor: Drug use

itsheyfay's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Mental illness, and Addiction

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Drug use, Infidelity, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

Minor: Death

const_elle_ations's review

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Drug use and Abandonment

thestorydoer's review

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I have never been so entranced by two characters. 

This book revolves around 2 characters for most of it, and the side characters, true to their name for once, are cast to the side as less important. This is usually a flaw which I'd criticise if it weren't for the fact the dialogue and prose between these characters was so intensely electric. Every bit of them talking was entrancing, addicting, and emotional all in one. This is because the two characters are each intensely interesting with their unique ways of thinking. 

Of course, this book is comments on romantic relationships with mental disorders/health issues. It does it extremely well. But I also find that it favors Regan's over Aldo's which makes sense as the author draws from Regan with her own bipolar disorder, but I think the book would've benefitted from treating them in equilibrium. 

The author is also extremely creative in her prose. The book usually benefits from this. But there are a few times where the prose feels needlessly creative, adding flair to descriptions which simply didn't need it. However, the prose is also most of what makes this book such a beautiful and heart wrenching read.

I also think that the pacing also has a few issues as well, as the stages of their relationship go by at quite the accelerated pace which may be intentional, but I also think it could've been handled better. 

Overall, a creative, imaginative read with two extremely interesting characters whose synergy is impossible to ignore. 4.25/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Drug use, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment

filmnoirz's review

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

They’re both a little bit insufferable and pretentious but also deeply human and sympathetic. 100% made for each other.  Olivie Blake has such a unique and beautiful writing style. me and who :(((

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Abandonment and Suicide attempt

nehanaomi's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

At first I felt too stupid to be reading this book but I got the hang of it eventually. The style of writing was so unique and ever-changing, which kept me on my toes. While reading books I typically see it in my head as if it were made into a film or tv show, but it may be impossible to create a faithful adaptation of this story without losing most of what makes it special. 
I think I would hate both of them if they were real people, especially Aldo. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Mental illness

Moderate: Abandonment, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship