Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer

119 reviews

karapillar's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Grief, Violence, Death, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Drug use, Child death, Chronic illness, Addiction, Cancer, Emotional abuse, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Classism, Misogyny, Alcohol, Pedophilia, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Eating disorder

lexie_edmunds's review

adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Abandonment, and Terminal illness

bbbarttt's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Misogyny, Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, and Miscarriage

priyastoric's review

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse

frolickingandfantasy's review

The pace was too slow for my taste and the relationships within the book were not compelling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Death of parent

gildedspines's review

adventurous inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death of parent, Death, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Miscarriage, and Terminal illness

blackbookishbabe89's review

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

Moderate: Abandonment, Death of parent, and Chronic illness

Minor: Drug abuse

eriinmaureenn's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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? Yes

5.0

5 beautiful stars. This book was magic. I resonated so much with Lucy, Christopher, and the other contestants who used books to escape into a new world as a kid. Books have always been my second home and a way to leave the current reality & distract me from things happening in the real world. This book and the descriptions were beautifully written, and I felt like I was transported into Lucy's life in California and on Clock Island. 

I experienced a ton of emotions while reading this and cried both happy and sad tears near the end. Absolutely loved this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Addiction

Moderate: Chronic illness, Miscarriage, Abandonment, and Child abuse

kedalrymple's review

lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.5

This was a delightful and easy read.  I couldn’t get over the Willy Wonka plot, and at times it felt like the author was just piling on trauma and grief for character backstories because there isn’t a lot to the plot. Even so it’s a gentle book that’s perfect for a beach or a rainy day. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse, Medical content, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

Minor: Miscarriage and Pedophilia

caseylovett's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Abandonment, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Miscarriage