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Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'
Lincoln Highway: Roman | 'Eine Hymne auf das Leben auch unter allerwidrigsten Umständen.' Annemarie Stoltenberg, NDR Kultur by Amor Towles
45 reviews
Graphic: Suicide, Violence, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood
Minor: Drug use, Misogyny, Sexual content, Grief, Pregnancy, Gaslighting
like, i get what it tries to do, but it doesnt rly end up working for me. the writing and narrative voices can be enjoyable - god knows how many times i chuckled or snorted from the periodically deadpanned narration and dialogue; the characters are fleshed out, making them understandable as ppl despite how ??? they can be, and billy's def my fav character for how endearing yet wise he is. at the same time, however, i find a few of them bland (esp emmett, befuddingly), and others simply rage-inducing (looking at u, the damn pastor and duchess). the book also often reads like a game of cat-and-mouse, just a long, winding trail chase that hops from one thing to another, one w/ an ending thats unfortunately a lil underwhelming at that.
my biggest issue w/ the novel is prolly its ability to evoke any emotions - the good ones anyway - from me, despite how long, adventurous, character filled it is, esp considering the amount of scenes that could be impactful, but ultimately fail to. overall, this unfortunately doesnt live up to my expectations despite its lofty potential.
Graphic: Racism, Abandonment
Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Sexism, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, War
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Suicide, Abandonment
Moderate: Suicide, Abandonment
Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Abandonment
Moderate: Addiction, Death, Suicide
Minor: Death of parent, Abandonment
The ending ruined whatever enjoyment I got out of the rest of the book, and made me go "what was the point of all that". I didn't feel most of the characters had any kind of resolution or interesting arc, and the end was depressing.
Graphic: Death, Suicide, Abandonment
Moderate: Confinement, Racism
Minor: Infidelity, Sexual content
Graphic: Racism, Violence
Moderate: Drug abuse, Suicide, Abandonment
Minor: Alcoholism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War
Graphic: Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Racism, Stalking
Minor: Gun violence, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Suicide, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment