Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Ghosts by Dolly Alderton

19 reviews

laurennicole98's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia and Abandonment

Moderate: Sexual content and Toxic relationship

chris_reads's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Dementia

Moderate: Alcohol, Medical content, and Sexual content

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Vomit

sydresnik's review against another edition

emotional sad

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Dementia, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment

bethtrigg's review

funny hopeful lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment and Dementia

leonormsousa's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Abandonment, Chronic illness, Misogyny, Dementia, and Pregnancy

itsheyfay's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.25

My god this wasn’t the book I planned to start 2023 with, but I’m glad it’s over with because I had a hard time enjoying this. Some of the more serious parts revolving her dad’s dementia and her grief of growing up were well-written, but everything else felt so pompous. I get it’s supposed to be satirical and making social commentary, but this wasn’t vibing for me. I was definitely not the I tended audience for this book. 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia and Grief

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Terminal illness, Ableism, Sexism, and Sexual content

Minor: Infidelity, Vomit, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Body shaming, and Abandonment

cerilouisereads's review against another edition

emotional medium-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Pregnancy

froggybooks's review against another edition

emotional funny sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Vomit

cwilks351's review

reflective relaxing fast-paced

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

4.25

I really connected with the narator of the book. The feelings around endless hen-dos and thoughts about whether to have children really resonated with me and were discussed in a different way than I've read before.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Dementia and Abandonment

waybeyondblue's review

emotional funny lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Alcohol, Mental illness, Dementia, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Classism and Vomit