Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

35 reviews

geenahnola's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad 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

Graphic: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Grief, Cursing, and Fatphobia

jailynxpaige's review

emotional sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, and Panic attacks/disorders

ellaticonstellation's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

There are many disturbing things in this book; Domestic abuse, compulsive lying, violence, and bullying. I don't condone all these things. It's disgusting! 

All bullies and abusers need to go to therapy to be better people. (I know they are fictional; I'm talking about their real-life counterparts)

For some reason, I was drawn to this book, maybe because I was curious about their lives, aka Asian guy who is lost and a girl who knew who she was. 

I hate that uniqueness and self-expression were teased or bullied. (for example, how Eleanor dressed or Park's eyeliner)

I can only imagine domestic abuse. I always wonder why people can't get out of abusive people, but it's far beyond easy due to the manipulation, pain, and control over them by the abuser. It pains me that people experience these kinds of things. 

Richie needs jail time!!! 

My heart broke every time Eleanor and the kids had to live and their basic needs were deprived. It must be hard to raise five children with a minimum or below minimum wage; I get the perfume; it was a luxury, but toothpaste? Oh my god! 

Honestly, I was worried in the last few pages that Eleanor and Park might not reconnect, but thank the heavens, they did. 

I wanted to believe that the three words are I love you, I miss you. Haha!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Violence, Abandonment, Body shaming, Physical abuse, and Toxic friendship

meeklovestoread's review

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.75

The love story wasn't doing it for me. The way they got together rubbed me a little uncomfortably because he was literally a bystander to her getting harassed by his friends. Then they'd both having rude thoughts about each other. One that stuck out to me was how she kept calling him "stupid Asian kid". Like what does him being Asian have to do with anything. Also the representation in this book towards Asians wasn't it. I specifically remember a scene where he was expressing his concerns and his struggles of being half Asian and half white and being disconnected towards one from the other and kind of being white washed due to his predominantly white environment. And she just kind of dismissed his struggles. That didn't sit right with me at all. Overall I just found their romance pretty immature (but they were teens in love so I kinda dismissed that).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Fatphobia, and Alcohol

Minor: Gaslighting

amberwootler's review

sad slow-paced

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

0.5

I'll be honest, I really didn't like this book. It made me feel generally uncomfortable, which was weird. I won't be reading again, sorry :(

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Abandonment, and Child abuse

nalyr98's review

hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

It felt implicitly racist and fat phobic… the storyline was a good idea if it had it be executed better  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, and Toxic relationship

brittany_jean's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Abandonment and Domestic abuse

Minor: Racism

dfbballinger's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

Moderate: Abandonment and Domestic abuse

Minor: Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Pedophilia

schnuggeligeerdbeere44's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Racism

Minor: Blood

lianne1203's review

emotional funny lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse