Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

A Shot in the Dark by Victoria Lee

3 reviews

bookish_in_bklyn's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

This book is more fiction with a side of romance than totally romance-focused, but I really enjoyed the story! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Addiction

Moderate: Drug use and Alcohol

Minor: Death

myceliamorel's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Child death, Drug abuse, Sexual content, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Abandonment and Death of parent

Minor: Domestic abuse, Transphobia, Grief, Physical abuse, Dysphoria, and Emotional abuse

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

4.75

Thanks to Random House for the free copy of this book.

 - A SHOT IN THE DARK is a book that blends a romcom premise with the heavy internal exploration of a literary fiction novel.
- I don't always enjoy a novel as plotless as this one, but I found Ely and Wyatt to be such magnetic characters and I flew right through it.
- This book is so queer and so messy. It's also loving and thoughtful, and hopeful without promising that everything will work out perfectly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Vomit, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Grief, Sexual content, Transphobia, Abandonment, Homophobia, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Cursing