Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Watch Over Me by Nina LaCour

33 reviews

greylandreviews's review against another edition

sad fast-paced

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

2.75

This was okay but, it just didn't hit me hard in the feels like <i>Were Are Okay</i> did. I still think about that one a lot. The best way to describe this is trauma focused head space of girl aging out of the foster care system and going to a haunted house to face her past ghosts.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Abandonment, Child abuse, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Car accident and Death

ash_ton's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-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

3.75

i'm so glad this didn't turn out to be cult-y

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Abandonment, Blood, and Death

Minor: Animal death, Cursing, Medical content, Car accident, and Panic attacks/disorders

samgelbert's review

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

Utterly devastating. I wasn’t expecting the heaviness or the ghosts so I didn’t properly prepare myself for this story. It’s really dark and I suppose the end was a relief but I’m still feeling shook from the emotion. I’m not sure how to rate it; perhaps I’ll come back and Polish this review when I have more time to process. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Abandonment, Death, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

hyperashley's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Death, and Physical abuse

lady_bountiful's review

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse

gellyreads's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

So, I kept pondering and pondering why this book wasn’t quite working for me, as I feel like the idea was good, and I liked the MC well enough. Then I realized it’s because all the characters are flat.

And this never changes. She is only defined by her trauma. Why does her mom supposedly say no to bio dad but not the abuser? We don’t know. Why is he evil? We don’t know. Why does she blame herself and obsess over the idea of being perfect? I don’t know, all this book told me over and over is that she had trauma, okay. Trauma! And like, again, ghosts being you before trauma? Great idea.

And this book made me emotional. But it could’ve been more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

kathi_kx's review

emotional mysterious sad fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Vomit

nohealani_'s review

adventurous challenging emotional lighthearted relaxing tense fast-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

5.0

I honestly don’t know how to talk about this book. It’s such an amazing representation of trauma and guilt and all the things we fear and repress. The healing that happens in this book and that i got from reading it was just perfect and the way the author writes the relationship between the characters is so beautiful and heartwarming. The ending was a little anticlimactic in my opinion but it was still amazing and still a 5 star read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment and Gaslighting

Minor: Gore and Domestic abuse

starstruuk's review

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Abandonment and Domestic abuse

Minor: Vomit and Death

emminkirjakasa's review

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

This book was a fast read with beautiful language and a sprinkle of magical realism (my favorite). The story itself is quite sad, but has its moments of fun and beauty.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Vomit

Minor: Car accident