Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid

15 reviews

iisa's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, and Sexual content

jen1804's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

Not really sure how to put into words how I felt about this book.
I thought it was good and the concept was really interesting.
But it also didn’t really appeal to me because of how it just felt so sad for all the characters involved and I wasn’t really routing for anyone in particular.
Having said that about it feeling sad, at no point did the writing actually make me feel emotional. It’s almost as if more time and narrative was needed to focus on the relationships between the MC and her two loves, to properly embed those warm feelings the reader feels towards them before the impossible situation can fully have a heart wrenching impact. Because of the two relationships I had to split my focus between, the two narratives I had to become attached to, it was almost like I didn’t invest in either of them enough for the story to hurt me on any deep level.
Satisfactory ending? Yes.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment and Death

lasafica_reads's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Mental illness, and Abandonment

Moderate: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Sexual content

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

lestrella's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

This book made me think a lot about love and being loved. Something I've liked about reading books like this one is that it makes me think about how complicated life can be. Algo que mi papa siempre me dice es que "la vida da muchas vueltas" y libros asi me hacen pensar en lo complicado que es vivir y amar pero lo increible que es sentir. To feel is what reminds us that we are alive. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Death

mallory10100's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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? It's complicated

5.0

i loved this book, taylor jenkins reid remains my favourite author!! a great last read of the year :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Eating disorder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Self harm, and Vomit

i HIGHLY recommend this book!!