Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Keeping 13 by Chloe Walsh

27 reviews

clara01's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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? No

4.0

I loved both Binding 13 and Keeping 13, I think they are amazing books and well worth a read. I strongly advise anyone to read the triggers first, I went in blind and wasn't prepared for the heartbreaking and how disturbing it could sometimes be. 
Shannon and Johnny have to be one of my favorite book couples and this book was the perfect ending (for now 🤞🏾) to their story.

The only thing I would say is I felt the book was just too long. At times it seemed to be really slow with not much h ppening. I think the storyline could've been covered in only 2/3 of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Blood, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, Child abuse, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Body shaming

ky_lah's review against another edition

So badly written. The book did not have to be so long, everything was repeated constantly, sometimes even word for word. The characters were boring and annoying. It was frustrating to get through. There was one character I liked and considered how many there are that’s a shit percentage. Not a good book. So annoyed I wasted so long on it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Sexual content

Moderate: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Medical content, and Pedophilia

tanishabereading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

The way I ate up Johnny & Shannon’s beautiful love story is crazy 😩😍

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, and Grief

jamiejanae_6's review against another edition

emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Alcohol, Grief, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Murder, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Suicide, Cursing, Drug abuse, and Drug use

teagzreads's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad tense 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? No

4.5

I just want to thank Chloe Walsh for creating these characters and their stories because they are forever imprinted on my soul. One of my all time favourite found families. If you want a series that will take you from laughing to crying and everything in between, pick Boys Of Tommen up. Johnny and Shannon forever, absolute soulmates🫶🏼

I can’t wait to continue the series, but due to the intensity of emotions these books brought out, I think I’ll take a little break before reading Saving 6. I’m giving this one 4.5 stars because the pacing was a bit off for me. The first half felt slow after the events of the previous book, then it got really exciting for a period and then slowed down again toward the end. Still a great read, but not quite as great for me as Binding 13. One of my top series hands down.

**check trigger warnings**

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Bullying

jg93's review against another edition

emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Abandonment, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Sexual assault

ecravens's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Sexual content, Abandonment, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Alcohol, Body horror, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit

chels984's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Bullying, Alcoholism, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Cursing, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Abandonment, and Alcohol

matildaintoreading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad 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? Yes

5.0

wholesome. the second half can only be explained with that one word. overall just ingraved in my soul at this point.
"a crazy fucking amount" is stuck in my system. and her brothers, wow. just WOW.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Child abuse, and Death

Minor: Addiction and Emotional abuse

cait's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gore, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Cursing, Misogyny, Violence, Vomit, Drug use, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Death, Blood, Body shaming, Infidelity, Child abuse, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, and Bullying