Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

17 reviews

lynneliu's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Murder, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Bullying

Minor: Death of parent and Sexual content

unsuccessfulbookclub's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide, Violence, War, and Confinement

Moderate: Abandonment, Gore, Physical abuse, and Xenophobia

beckyg1016's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.5

So very good! Epic, magical, and with a great cast of characters

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Abandonment, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Murder

Representation: Bisexual female, Non-Binary (Xe/Xir) characters, Trans character, All-POC-cast

breadwitchery's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Violence, Suicide, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Child abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Abandonment

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Confinement, and Body horror

Minor: Slavery, Vomit, War, Cursing, and Pregnancy

kharlan3's review against another edition

(fantasy). This book was excellent. A great balance between feelings and action, and world building that really captured my attention. The multiple narrators on the audio version kept all the parts distinct and crisp.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Abandonment, Confinement, and Homophobia

annreadsabook's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Abandonment

tedonome's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Violence