Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Emissary by Yōko Tawada

5 reviews

orlaelan's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Abandonment, and Chronic illness

sldccc's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

Moderate: Addiction, Pandemic/Epidemic, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Abandonment, Child death, Death of parent, and Death

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

reflective

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Medical content, Chronic illness, Death, Xenophobia, Grief, Police brutality, Abandonment, Death of parent, Transphobia, Alcoholism, Colonisation, and Addiction

Minor: Child death, Excrement, War, Child abuse, and Vomit

uranaishi's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Abandonment, Body horror, Death, Medical content, and Terminal illness

Minor: Pregnancy, Alcohol, Blood, Cancer, Bullying, Murder, War, and Xenophobia

little_enid's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective slow-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment and Child death

Minor: Death and Chronic illness