Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Die Einladung by Monika Baark, Emma Cline

4 reviews

fkshg8465's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

2.75

It was like the author got tired of writing and thought it would be clever to end as it did. It felt lazy more than novel. Characters were utterly pathetic, yet I failed to wrangle up even an iota of sympathy for any of them. What was the point of your book??? Nonetheless, aside from the ending, I found myself early enjoying the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Mental illness, Abandonment, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Gaslighting, and Classism

manukahoney_reads's review against another edition

Bit triggering right now but I really do want to come back to it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Stalking, Abandonment, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual content and Stalking

channamason's review against another edition

dark funny sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

this is a fucking weird book. this truly the top tier of unreliable narrators. this was very hard to get into as I didn’t understand the meandering plot. however as the book continues something extremely sinister seems to be ever boiling under the surface and it is very unsettling. and then i couldn’t stop reading. good for fans of the divisive film Saltburn and My Year of Rest and Relaxation for sure.

i could see this being a good episodic series- each group she leaves in the wake a different episode kind of like Swarm

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Blood, Abandonment, and Suicidal thoughts

spencerjie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

reading this book feels like you are in a drug filled haze alongside alex and you will leave this novel a little more unmoored from reality than when you started it; in a fantastically brilliant literary way

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Car accident

Minor: Abandonment and Stalking