Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Dům v blankytně modrém moři by TJ Klune

253 reviews

annamay1021's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Hate crime, Confinement, Fatphobia, and Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse

risaleel's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Fatphobia, and Abandonment

Moderate: Classism, Emotional abuse, and Confinement

Minor: Blood, Death, and Forced institutionalization

chelle22's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Cultural appropriation, Animal death, Confinement, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Child abuse, Death, Kidnapping, and Murder

themookintosh's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective slow-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

4.5

This is a beautiful story that weaves a narrative around chosen family and standing up for what you believe in around a world of magical beings. It's been a truly heartwarming read and quite difficult to put down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Abandonment and Hate crime

scmiller's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Confinement, Child abuse, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, and Body shaming

Moderate: Classism, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Torture, Colonisation, and Abandonment

audriew9's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

This book was lovely the perfect magical book with a heart warming tale about found family and love

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Racism and Colonisation

tadah's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment and Forced institutionalization

jmyodafriend's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.5

A sweet, funny, and heartwarming story about family, finding home, standing up for what's right, and finding your place in the world. Features a diverse cast of humans and magical beings (and one mildly spicy cat.) I didn't *love* it, but it made me smile and even laugh out loud a few times.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Child abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

fatedefied's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Xenophobia

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Homophobia

gardeningwithbadintent's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

This story was incredibly refreshing. The two love interests both know and accept their sexuality before the book starts, so we see a rare queer romance where the tension is not driven by homophobia but by a need for personal growth, which we get to see laid out so beautifully. It is also intertwined with the social battle of a fear of people who are different that smacks of all kinds of hatred, from racism to homophobia. It is realistic yet hopeful and such an excellent use and explanation of these themes in a book that I would not be very uncomfortable teaching to middle schoolers (if I didn’t live in America). I’d give it more than 5 stars if I could.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Child abuse, and Xenophobia