Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

66 reviews

raisinflakies's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Racism, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

itsjustbethg's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

sash_bun's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

This is a beautifully raw and honest portrayal of a young boy’s unconditional love for his mother who has been abused time and time again and turns to drink to cope. Even with how oppressive and grey the novel feels, Douglas Stuart still manages to seek out glimmers of hope here and there which makes your heart swell at times. Excellent writing, very honest and observant. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Homophobia, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment

biggareader's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

carolventures's review against another edition

dark emotional informative medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Addiction and Abandonment

katiehuntington's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

jackiefranklee's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense medium-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

2.0

Miserable, and pretty hard of you've got alcohol abuse in your family. Missed out some of the middle. It was just too miserable

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Abandonment

bealmg's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Rape

verynicebook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

minusy's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Heart-wrenching, frustrating, and unsatisfying – like a good emotional book should be. This book tells a story about grief, tough decisions, unstable relationships and hard work. It's the story of a gay young boy in the 80s, but not necessarily about the topic of sexuality. Every character tries their best to make the most of what they have, but has many frustrations and makes a lot of mistakes. There is no happy ending, although that depends on how you define it. Simply the story of a woman who had little, wanted it all, got lost somewhere along the way between those two points and the effect it had on those around her. And it's the story of her son who tries to clean up the mess around him at the cost of his own childhood, until he has few options left. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Homophobia, Pedophilia, and Grief