Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Fable by Adrienne Young

52 reviews

ect625's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Abandonment

callistag1's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Abandonment, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Torture, Blood, and Death of parent

stormeno's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Death of parent, Grief, Sexual content, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Alcohol and Classism

tlaynejones's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, Abandonment, Kidnapping, and Murder

danajoy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Abandonment, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcohol

micaelamariem's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense 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

While I enjoyed this book, it really wasn’t what I was expecting. 
Fable is a story about a girl abandoned by her essentially pirate father and made to figure out how to join a ship crew on her own.
I definitely thought there would be more pirates and swashbuckling. Or at least less descriptions of how to rig a ship and climb a mast and whatnot. Those scenes really bored me and it got to the point where I didn’t care about the major plot points because I don’t care about ships and trading.
What I did like about the book was the complex characters, the slow burn complicated romance, the found family trope, and the themes of grief woven intricately throughout. 
So overall, I liked the book and probably will continue the series, but I didn’t love it and am not in a rush to read Namesake. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Alcohol, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Abandonment, Classism, Grief, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Child death and Sexual content

filipacmiranda's review against another edition

3.25

When I picked up Fable, I was excited to read a book with pirates and a revenge plot. Despite hearing many good things about it (and enjoying it myself), the plot did not convince me fully. 

Both the main character and the ship's crew were likeable enough. It was easy to empathise with Fable's story and understand her desire for retaliation. However, I constantly felt like the story was missing depth. Everything seemed to either happen too fast or take forever. 

Young's writing is simple and easy to read, but the narrative could have benefited from a more descriptive style - particularly when the crew set foot in new places. Additionally, I found the tropes to be a little too predictable, which took away from the plot twists' surprise factor. 

Despite the first instalment’s shortcomings, the ending captured my attention and I have added Namesake to my TBR. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Grief, and Death

madalina0_0's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted relaxing 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Kidnapping, Abandonment, and Death

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, and Misogyny

Minor: Sexual content

eleko's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.25

I did enjoy it but it's way too slow everything happens at the end but at the same time not that much happened... I liked Fable's character and the world is original 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Abandonment and Murder

ms_sarah621's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

This was a fun adventure! I loved reading about the seas, the difficult times at sea, and the trading aspects. This is definitely a character novel, as the plot was very much in the background. Then, since this is a character novel, I wish the characters had been built up a little more. The biggest thing was don’t let anyone know what you love or care about. So everyone is very mysterious and you don’t learn much about the characters, more comes near the end. However, this made it hard for me because I felt like I needed to know more about them. Overall, this was a fun story, and I enjoyed my time reading it. Just could have been fleshed out more, may just be my personal preference. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Death of parent, Murder, and Kidnapping