Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi

21 reviews

jillaay_h's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Dementia, Fatphobia, Medical content, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Grief, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, and Dysphoria

asainspace's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.5

Interesting exploration of some ideas around trauma, abuse, memory and care work that felt underdeveloped. The flat narrative voice across a lifetime which made it feel like the narrator/main character was stuck in a perpetual adolescent may have been intentional but fell flat for me as led to a lack of character development/actualisation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Child abuse

Moderate: Islamophobia

liesbethvv's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

I'm having a hard time rating this book. On the one hand, it took me quite some time to get into it, had a relatively slow start for me. There were no loveable characters to get attached to, but this made the reading experience more interesting and nuanced. I'm not convinced that the changed title (from 'Girl in White Cotton') was a good choice contentwise, although I agree it is more enticing. I don't really love

open endings, but it felt quite good in this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Child abuse, and Abandonment

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Vomit, and Violence

sha's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Incest, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Medical content, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Dementia, Emotional abuse, and Body shaming

abswoods's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Abandonment, Body shaming, and Dementia

Minor: Colonisation

yly's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Dementia

Minor: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

bookynooknook's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Sexual content, and Dementia

painausten314'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Fatphobia, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

laurataylor's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Body shaming, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Dementia, Emotional abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

onceandfuturereads's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-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? Yes

5.0

I’d give more stars if I could. Beautifully written. My favorite book of the year. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Eating disorder

Moderate: Physical abuse