Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Reputation by Lex Croucher

27 reviews

llj's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Classism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Toxic friendship

katsdaysarebooked's review

emotional funny tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Homophobia, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Vomit

Minor: Abandonment

camsara99's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful tense medium-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

4.5

This book took a predictable plot structure and added many unpredictable details. It keeps a realistic tone and attitude from the characters throughout the novel, even when events take a slow and almost unnoticeable turn for the darker. So many regency era stories are polished and full of proper society. While this book is set within proper society, Croucher has done an excellent job telling a story about the seedy underbelly of that society while still having a fun narrative. I found myself having complicated feelings about the characters, which is always a sign of a great writer. The only thing that kept this from being 5 stars for me is that the plot was a bit predictable at times, but I think that comes with the genre territory.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Sexual content, and Racism

Minor: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

gracehessian's review

adventurous challenging funny tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death of parent and Drug use

Minor: Abandonment, Blood, Grief, Homophobia, Racism, and Toxic friendship

bookswithamb's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted relaxing sad tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Abandonment

firefled's review against another edition

funny lighthearted 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

4.75

I love this book! I've been looking forward to reading it for a while and it certainly didn't disappoint. It's such a fun story and I really appreciated the focus on friendship, without missing out the romance that's so central to other regency-era stories. Definitely on my "recommend to all my friends" list

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, Rape, and Xenophobia

Minor: Abandonment, Blood, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, and Grief

freeasabird's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective tense 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? No

5.0

I love love loved this book. Funny, sweet, heartbreaking and hopeful, it scratched my Rom com itch and my desire for a more pride and prejudice setting perfectly. The way the characters develop is very compelling and I could always see Georgiana‘s point of view, even when I didn’t agree with her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Cursing

Moderate: Blood and Bullying

Minor: Abandonment, Death of parent, Death, Drug use, Rape, and Toxic friendship