Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour

43 reviews

sarahsbookstacks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

This was perfect sad queer girl lit fic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Death, Infidelity, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual assault, Alcohol, Pedophilia, and Abandonment

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

annabulkowski's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Alcohol, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Death, Murder, Sexual harassment, Medical content, Homophobia, Drug use, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Blood, Toxic relationship, Child death, Abandonment, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

dorakathryn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA SOBBING SOBBING SOBBING SOBBING the first chapter made me sob the last chapter made me sob several in between made me sob they're both so broken but so right

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Abandonment, Addiction, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Drug use, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, and Alcoholism

doubletherazzle's review against another edition

Good writing, nothing bad on the book, just a bit too depressing/heavy  for my current vibe (see content warnings)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Drug use, and Sexual assault

Minor: Emotional abuse

librabby's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Abandonment, Drug use, and Grief

aellwy's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Death of parent

Minor: Abandonment, Homophobia, and Drug abuse

kds's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug abuse, Pedophilia, and Drug use

Minor: Emotional abuse and Sexual assault

glmarie0428's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.5

 This book felt natural and surreal in a way that makes it fit more into the fiction genre than romance, which is different for me.

It all starts off really dark with a young girl who needs to leave town because she has watched her girlfriend be lifted out of a river dead and then proceeds to leave home ASAP by sleeping with someone for money and taking off with a guy that she barely knows. Both women do not have great home lives or experiences with love, so it interesting to watch how they interact with different people whether or not they are in a romantic sense. I would love to reread this novel to better understand the symbolism of the Yerba Buena, but it is constantly reoccurring. The connection between the two women at the end is worth all of it in the end, as their connection is tender, genuine, but also understandingly hesitant.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, and Sexual content

Minor: Abandonment

raphynette's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Rape, Alcohol, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Addiction, Death of parent, and Sexual content

lowkeymarie's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.5

This was disappointing. The writing was compelling enough for me to finish, but I just felt no real connection to the characters or the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Infidelity, Addiction, and Drug use