Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Wilder Girls by Rory Power

55 reviews

fanboyriot's review

dark fast-paced

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

3.0

I’ve had this book for a while and just got around to reading.  Naturally, I went into it knowing nothing, as one does.  To say it was not what I was expecting was an understatement.  The plot did have a promise, there were some things that seemed all too realistic in a horror-ish paranoid way.  The setting was done nicely at least.

Honestly, most of what I didn’t like was the ending.  We got no answers for anything really, and it left with absolutely no resolution.  It just felt like it was dragged out and then it just ended.  The switching POV I normally really like just didn’t work for me; they just seemed too close to one another and a few pages in I’d forget which character it even was.

(First Person POV)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Genocide, Death, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Torture, Body horror, Gore, Blood, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Animal death, Confinement, Chronic illness, Abandonment, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Ableism, Vomit, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Cursing, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, War, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Fire/Fire injury, and Eating disorder

vigil's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Abandonment, Death, Violence, Death of parent, Vomit, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Gore, and Suicide

sapphire_dreams's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-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

This is literally one of the best books I ever read!! It’s chilling, dark and kinda a coming of age. I ADORED the characters and the whole story was so well constructed. The whole of Raxter and the dynamic between the girls was SO GOOD!! I genuinely loved it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Torture, Death, Genocide, Gore, Blood, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Self harm, and Abandonment

mizareads13's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

Was disappointed there's no sequel because I don't feel like they really explained the

reason why Raxter as a place was so toxic to the point they got all these girls dying from puberty like??? wtf is up with that???? and then the fact that they left the ending soooo ambiguous too. idk i feel like more could've been done with this story

it could've been a whole series really, but it is what it is

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, Blood, Bullying, Suicide attempt, Body horror, Chronic illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

heathermarie08's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

I enjoyed the way this book was set up, the descriptive scenes and the mystery that slowly unraveled. However, the ending felt ... abrupt. It was a little disappointing. I liked the Byatt parts but not the way it was written. Maybe it was because I enjoyed this as an audiobook but it. Was. Very. Patchy. Overall, it was a good book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Grief, Death, Chronic illness, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Abandonment, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

funkylitchick's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma

Moderate: Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Medical content, Gore, Abandonment, Ableism, Murder, and Body horror

ladyinverse's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense 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? No

4.5

this book had me wanting to eat dry wall it's so good oh my god

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Abandonment, Body horror, Confinement, Blood, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Medical content, Murder, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Violence

greenglass67's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

This book is crazy! I loved the characters, I loved the setting, I loved the plot. Rory Powers' writing is fantastic. It's so easy to visualize all the settings and the action of the book is intense and gripping. There are scenes that I think get a bad rep for being confusing, but it all feels like it's a necessary part of the story. It's important for those scenes to be confusing. This book was a little slow getting started, and it takes a while for your questions to be answered, but I felt that the payoff was worth it. There are some scenes that contain pretty graphic body horror and injuries, but if you can get past that, this would be a 5.0!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Terminal illness, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Animal death, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

ireneac's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Body horror

june_buggie's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.5

I really wanted to enjoy this but I felt there were so many plot holes and the ending just wasn’t enjoyable 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, Body horror, Death of parent, Child death, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Abandonment, War, and Physical abuse