Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Finalul by Stephanie Garber

22 reviews

awkwardimagination's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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

3.0

Solid 3. It's definitely the strongest of all three books, but bc it's the last in the series I don't think that's a good thing. The plot was better, the characterization was better, and maybe I'm juts blind to it now but the prose also seemed better.

I still absolutely did not like the ending.

I do not think Legend should have given his immortality up for a 16 yr old he met like 2-5 months ago, as opposed to his brother (who he does actually care about a lot, but is horrible at showing) who has been by his side the entire goddamn time. I just don't like the way he was characterized throughout this whole series, he could have been so much better. Like Jacks, and Poison, and the Assassin - they were all fucking great.

Tella still grated my nerves every chance she got, but Scarlett (while still a bit annoying) was really good in this book (even if I did find it completely unbelievable for her character). Julian really stepped up his game in this one; i was real indifferent to him in the first book, and we barely saw him the second, so I don't know if that's really that hard to do. And I loved Jacks and the Assassin the most, but I was dead set on Legend being the legendary character of this series and I'm so fucking disappointed in the direction the author decided to take him; he could have been so great.

Whatever, I really only wanted to read this series bc I really want to read Once Upon a Broken Heart, and considering the improvement between books 1 and 3 of this series I'm holding onto a thin string of hope that OUaBH will actually not make angry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Blood, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Torture

Minor: Abandonment

passionatereader78's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Dementia, Abandonment, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Pregnancy and Violence

sweetchocolatez's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

I enjoyed this book but not as much as the first one. The sisters are still as careless and naive as they were in book one and that seems ridiculous given everything they’ve been through. Their plans for beating the bad guys just seemed silly and  super unrealistic. It was a fun read but I’m glad to be done with the world now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Abandonment, Classism, Misogyny, Sexism, Gore, Murder, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Grief, Blood, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

hiddeninfantasy's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Kidnapping, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Gore, Murder, and Violence

thehannahchapter's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense fast-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

4.75

The epic conclusion to the Caraval series was fantastical and fast-paced! I love seeing the ending of the Dragna sisters' journey and where they end up. Both sisters develop throughout the series, but their growth in this one is amazing! I can't wait for the holiday novella, Spectacular, coming out in October!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Murder, and Blood

Minor: Torture and Abandonment

carlyjoann's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Abandonment

anxieteaandbiscuits12's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Murder, Blood, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Violence, Physical abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Gore, Grief, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

jessicaludden's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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? No

3.0

“Most of my life, I’ve romanticized death. I used to love the idea of something being so tremendous that it was worth dying for. But I was wrong. I think the most magnificent things are worth living for.”

I liked this more than Legendary but less than Caraval. I loved getting more Scarlett and Julian and I thought it was interesting getting to learn more about the Fates. I still didn’t really like Tella and Legend but I’m glad they ended up together and happy. Overall, I liked this world and I’m excited to get to Once Upon A Broken Heart.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Grief, Abandonment, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Murder, and Domestic abuse

bel017's review against another edition

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

It was very entertaining. Nice to see the girls get a little agency.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Blood

Moderate: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Grief