Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

La traición de Montverre by Bridget Collins

7 reviews

lateromantic's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

Could've been a 5* book if it had fewer twists, strands, characters. I liked the voice, it was kind of Arthur Koestler x Dan Brown. as a bridge player, I'm obsessed with the idea of grand jeu now. wish it had been queerer tbh.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Antisemitism, Blood, Abandonment, Sexism, Suicide, Colonisation, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Alcohol, and Mental illness

added a trigger warning for antisemitism because the persecution of

christians

reminded me of

nazis

as well as

soviet gulags

rowanrelph's review against another edition

challenging hopeful mysterious tense 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: Sexual assault, Bullying, Grief, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Confinement, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, and Death

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Blood, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Slavery, Suicide, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Classism, Death of parent, Cursing, Sexual content, Violence, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Murder

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Grief, Bullying, Blood, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexism

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Infidelity, Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Vomit, Alcohol, and Classism

glammster's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Death, Alcohol, Abandonment, Self harm, Grief, Suicide, and Mental illness

Moderate: Classism, Deportation, Genocide, Religious bigotry, Confinement, Colonisation, and Misogyny

wemily0's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

This was a book that made me think a lot about the inaccessibility of the past and the ways in which we grow as we age. I enjoyed this book overall, it was a little reflective, had a big twist (!), and ended well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death, Abandonment, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Religious bigotry

theirgracegrace's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.75

What I liked about the book: the richness of the language and the complicated system of roles and reversals that kept me reading. What I disliked: literally everything else. The attempt at Holocaust imagery is absurd, the love story completely overshadows the setting and the threats, and the characters are completely forgettable and ordinary. The author is also a TERF and you can see it in the way that the final reveal is played out. Honestly want my money back.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Genocide, Grief, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexism, Abandonment, Child abuse, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Suicide

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gaslighting, and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual harassment, Death of parent, and Police brutality

While the book itself does not handle transphobia and related topics, a particular reveal late in the book comes across as transphobic on the part of the author.

elatedbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

I will forever love Bridget Collins’ books as audiobooks & the narrators on this certainly didn’t disappoint.

A lot of people are calling this a fantasy though & I disagree. Montverre certainly invokes a mysterious & ambiguous atmosphere but the ‘game’ they play is surely more akin to a prayer/hymn. I guess it’s possible to read magic into it but it’s definitely not overt. Perhaps there’s some more context for this in the inspiration work cited but I haven’t read it.

Overall, I enjoyed the experience but wasn’t as captivated as I was for the Binding which is a pity.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Abandonment