Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll

3 reviews

edresbach's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

• 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Grief, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Abandonment, and Gaslighting

tigerkind's review against another edition

dark hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Medical content, Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Rape, Murder, Violence, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Grief, Death, Confinement, Blood, and Body horror

Moderate: Child abuse, Alcohol, and Abandonment

Minor: Eating disorder and War

songbird72's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

This book tells the fictionalized story of victims and survivors of Ted Bundy in the 1970s--one in Florida and one in Washington.  I was excited to read this because of all the buzz it received and because I liked that it focused on the victims' side of the story.    Great premise but it just didn't deliver for me.  One of the themes of the book was how differently women were viewed and treated in the 70's and I did think that was interesting but it was more a side theme than a main focus.    I found the main characters somewhat unlikeable and thought the story followed too many rabbit trails.   

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Death, Sexual violence, Grief, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Rape, and Sexual assault