Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

63 reviews

korinnagarcia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Vomit, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Addiction, and Abandonment

Minor: Gun violence and Racial slurs

mollymfay's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

I absolutely adored this book. While it may be a little bit longer, I definitely found it loveable and worth it because it was so interesting to see Theo the main character grow up and become what he will be: for better or worse. The writing style of this book is also so like Charles Dickens with a modern twist it would be hard to say no. The imagery is something greater than I would ever wish to create for myself and Boris was definitely my favorite character who made this book that more amazing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Death of parent

Moderate: Car accident, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, and Sexual violence

renniewest's review

dark emotional 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

4.75

so insanely slow paced, but well worth it. but i found it tended to lull in some areas and then rush through introducing new things that i would have liked to have been explored more. 

it’s an incredibly well written book, and kept me constantly engaged, interested and eagerly waiting to see how it was going to end, yet not wanting it to. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Grief

paulaspityparty's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Racism, and Racial slurs

g0ldscrow3's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Violence

elisewal's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Addiction

Moderate: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse

Minor: Racial slurs

macca23's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-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

4.75

Donna Tartt could write an incomprehensible Yelp review filled with grammatical errors and spelling mistakes and I still would think about it every day for the next three years

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Toxic friendship

theannawise's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Emotional abuse

erinlouise7's review against another edition

reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Abandonment, Car accident, Cursing, and Gaslighting

theoclem7's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-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? Yes

4.0

The characterization of the main character Theo really makes you feel attached to him which helps progress the plot. And Donnas writing style is so immersive I felt like I was really along for the ride. My only issues with The Goldfinch were that the over-all message was common but not stated any differently than it normally is; and that it tended to be slow in some places. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Addiction, Alcohol, Gun violence, Grief, Cursing, and Abandonment

Moderate: Blood, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Child abuse

Minor: Sexual content and Vomit