Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty

9 reviews

rnorthie's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

4.0

This is a hard book to rate. The writing was beautiful and I loved the challenge of piecing the stories together and the last 2 stories were amazing (in a sad tragic way). I think in general some of the stories weren’t my favorite but it didn’t take away from the intrigue they slowly built up to the last two stories. Definitely worth a read.

Check content warnings!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse

Moderate: Gaslighting, Terminal illness, Vomit, Grief, Death, Pregnancy, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, Child death, Blood, Car accident, and Abandonment

Minor: Sexual assault

sundayfever's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

4.5

Dark but good read. Collection of short stories strung together. Nice to read an indigenous story set here in Maine. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Vomit, Child death, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Addiction, and Mental illness

Moderate: Violence, Colonisation, Racism, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Animal cruelty

ohnoitscoco's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Addiction, Child death, Drug abuse, Car accident, Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Gaslighting, Abandonment, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death and Grief

bookfrisson's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

I really enjoyed this. I think this has really sparked my interest in indigenous culture and learning more about life on reservations and lore from that culture. However, I feel hesitant to rate it since my rating could be affected by how much I didn’t understand about the culture as a whole. BUT, I really loved it! Idk I think I may settle on 4.5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Child death

Moderate: Abandonment, Toxic friendship, and Drug use

Minor: Confinement, Dementia, and Cursing

emmas_bookshelf's review

challenging 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? Yes

5.0

This is an incredibly poignant debut. The way time jumps allow us to understand how Dee was shaped by his upbringing on the Rez, and how we are able to look at little David knowing how pieces of his life turn out, was extremely effective narrative tool. The whole cast of characters was incredibly well developed and I felt like I could so clearly picture the scenery and settings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Addiction, Alcohol, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Child death, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Rape, and Abandonment

alyssasaurus's review against another edition

dark sad tense 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Dementia, Excrement, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Addiction, Child death, Cursing, Abandonment, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, and Vomit

sidneyreads_'s review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Drug use, Drug abuse, Colonisation, and Abandonment

Moderate: Vomit, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, and Addiction

Minor: Blood, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Child death, and Classism

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Alcoholism, Dementia, Drug use, Murder, Racism, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Fatphobia and Ableism

internationalreads's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Vomit