Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Evening and the Morning by Ken Follett

3 reviews

goldenlake's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Addiction, Murder, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Stalking, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Bullying, Alcoholism, Violence, Sexism, Infidelity, Misogyny, Gore, Chronic illness, Sexual assault, Dementia, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Blood, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Xenophobia, Vomit, Trafficking, War, Pregnancy, and Confinement

Minor: Colonisation, Genocide, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, and Cursing

sramac's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Infertility, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Vomit, War, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

redhead_reader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

This book started out rough. After finishing it, it almost feels like the first hundred or so pages was written by a different author. The initial writing was bad, the dialogue was basic, and the characters’ actions/dialogue didn’t seem to match up with their ages. I almost put it down within those first 100 or so pages. But I didn’t, and eventually it turned in to the Ken Follett writing I’m used to. 
There were parts that were hard to read due to various triggers but that’s something one comes to expect from Ken Follett. He depicts real life, the good and the grisly aspects. 
Overall I enjoyed the book. I think if it weren’t for the first 10-15% of the book I would have rated this as a 4. A good read for those that enjoy Historical Fiction based on events at the end of the Dark Ages in England. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and War

Moderate: Abandonment