Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Hello Girls by Emily Henry, Brittany Cavallaro

10 reviews

cass_lit's review against another edition

3.75

Despite the incredible trauma these 17 and 18-year old girls have been through, this was a fun ride. You have to suspend reality obviously, because the situations they’re in are dangerous and likely would *not* have turned out the way they did. I mean, they

kill a well known and dangerous drug lord and hold a gun to Stormy’s head

and then still get to run off into the sunset. It’s a messy story that’s somehow so clean. My big complaint is that I do feel like we focused a lot more on Winona here and I would’ve liked to explore Lucille’s current sitch as well. Winona wrapped everything up nicely enough in her life, but Lucille deserved to get back at her brother and she deserves to have her mom at least acknowledge (or not!) her leaving. I get maybe the reality is that Lucille will never know, but because we got

both of Winona’s parents’ setups

, I would’ve liked Lucille’s too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Abandonment, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Eating disorder

katharina90's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

Overall enjoyed but didn't love this YA take on Thelma and Louise.

I liked the portrayal of female friendship and how empowering and healing it can be, but this theme could have been explored a lot more in depth. 

The abuse and abandonment experienced by the main characters is pretty harrowing. Definitely not a fluffy feel-good read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Child abuse

Minor: Gun violence, Eating disorder, Drug use, and Pedophilia

hwhite15's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Blood

cady_sass's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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? No

2.0

This whole book feels like a bad fever dream and I don’t know how else to explain it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Classism, Death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Murder

shailana's review against another edition

emotional

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, Murder, and Child abuse

megmonk's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Physical abuse, Drug use, and Emotional abuse

missrosymaplemoth's review

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Abandonment

Moderate: Gun violence and Injury/Injury detail

iwantamonkey's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Fast-paced! Girl-power Fever dream  action packed. Some inconsistencies in action (physical map vs map app, etc). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Classism

Moderate: Abandonment, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Alcohol

nicoleserrato's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, Gaslighting, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction

sharbison's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, Bullying, Confinement, Death of parent, Dementia, and Violence