Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Big Swiss by Jen Beagin

26 reviews

jourdanicus's review against another edition

funny sad medium-paced

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

3.75

Funny. Beyond me in some ways but then maybe not so much if I don't overthink it. I almost didn't like this one because Greta is written so well as an unlikeable character... But there's still a lot about her with which to sympathize.

In hindsight the characters and writing style remind me of Ottessa Moshfegh's novels.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Abandonment, Death of parent, and Drug use

Minor: Lesbophobia, Addiction, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

katerina_l's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Excrement, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Abandonment, Addiction, Infidelity, Misogyny, Drug use, Body shaming, Classism, Death of parent, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Grief, Gore, Kidnapping, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Stalking, Medical content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Body horror, and Sexual harassment

ccmarie_'s review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Grief, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Addiction, and Death of parent

indiahaze's review against another edition

dark funny 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

4.25

Pleasantly queer, unapologetically weird, and deeply human.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Mental illness, Grief, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug use, Abandonment, Addiction, Death of parent, and Suicide

Minor: Animal cruelty, Stalking, and Cancer

oliviakoeppen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

3.0

The author’s descriptions of feelings & events simultaneously enamored me and disgusted me. This book made me feel a lot, but mostly feelings of discomfort and embarrassment. I am glad I read it but would be contentious in who I recommend this book to. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Drug use, Addiction, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Mental illness

the_lesbrarian's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Medical content, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Stalking, Suicide, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Addiction, Grief, Violence, Animal death, Death, and Abandonment

catch__up's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Grief, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Blood, Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, and Addiction

Minor: Kidnapping, Abandonment, Suicide attempt, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Eating disorder, Adult/minor relationship, Excrement, Emotional abuse, and Medical content

oliviaratcliffe's review against another edition

challenging funny reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

Felt like it was missing one key piece that would resonate a bit further with me. Funny in a air out of nose way not laugh out loud way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Suicide, Abandonment, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Infidelity, and Mental illness

nettles's review against another edition

dark funny sad medium-paced

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

4.5

To my three friends on this app, knowing you I do not recommend this book as a headsup.

You know that meme that's like "I don't stop at women's rights. I also support women's wrongs." Well that's this book 

This book is a trainwreck you can't look away from. People with deep seated trauma coping extremely badly in different and completely disastrous ways.

The prose is witty, sometimes beautiful and sometimes viscerally disgusting. The main relationship is not romantic in the slightest and even somewhat worrying. I had no idea where the book would go.

Oddly leaves off on an anticlimactic ending that I felt I didn't understand. But otherwise very memorable and I love a good psychological analysis of a messed up character 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Violence, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Suicide, Blood, and Drug use

Minor: Excrement

sestout's review against another edition

dark funny tense fast-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Blood, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Gore, Alcohol, Suicide, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Violence, Cursing, Sexual content, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gun violence, and Mental illness

Moderate: Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Addiction, Gaslighting, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Bullying, Dysphoria, Panic attacks/disorders, Cancer, Eating disorder, Ableism, and Abandonment