Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Afterlove by Tanya Byrne

7 reviews

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, and Car accident

Moderate: Grief, Child death, and Blood

Minor: Cursing, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Cancer, Classism, Abandonment, Addiction, and Religious bigotry

pan_to_ffel's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Car accident

Minor: Child death, Abandonment, Racism, and Cancer

karapillar's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad 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

5.0

This book left me aching. I never wanted it to end. I smiled through so much of it, and I cried real tears more than once. The writing is unique but not annoying, and the story is tragically beautiful. The only complaint I have is that I didn’t read it earlier.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Child death, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Vomit, Blood, Bullying, Chronic illness, and Medical content

Minor: Cancer, Death of parent, Animal death, Chronic illness, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism, Terminal illness, and Suicide

fujo_cat's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

Oh my Gods, this was a good read. It's gay, it's wholesome, it made me emotional a few times and more than I'd like to admit
This is my second read of 2022 and it's a great way to start off the year! 💕

On a more serious note, this was a fantastic reading experience. In a way, it made me imagine how it must feel losing my current partner and it fucking hurts. It hurts so much it made me feel... I don't know, more at peace with the idea of it? It gave me closure, you could say :')

If death (or any of the trigger warnings in it) as a theme doesn't trigger you, then yes, I do recommend it a lot!! 🌈😤👌

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Death

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Grief, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, and Abandonment

Minor: Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Racism, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Blood, and Alcohol

collyofthewobbles's review

Nothing against this book, i think for most people it's great. Was just to many triggers for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Abandonment

Moderate: Bullying

matheo's review

adventurous emotional inspiring sad

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Car accident, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Violence, and Racism

Minor: Cancer

leesbookshelf's review

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted tense 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

5.0

wow! this book was incredible. the relationship gave me butterflies and i loved how romantic everything was, but also so realistic. it’s the kind of gestures you can actively hope to receive or achieve in your own life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, and Homophobia

Moderate: Abandonment, Suicide, and Violence