Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

The Home for Unwanted Girls by Joanna Goodman

4 reviews

dev921's review against another edition

emotional informative mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Misogyny, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Miscarriage, Cancer, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

joey1914's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Vomit, Torture, Sexual violence, Miscarriage, Infertility, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Death, Medical content, Incest, Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, Violence, Suicide, Sexual content, Rape, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, and Misogyny

navayiota's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

This book is going to haunt me. So well written and raw, and hard to read cause of all the horrible topics that are dealt with but without it scaring me off. Definitely watch out for the triggers for this one if you're thinking about reading it!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, and Grief

Moderate: Antisemitism, Classism, Vomit, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Infidelity, Infertility, and Incest

Minor: Alcohol

beth_s98's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, Abandonment, Mental illness, Confinement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Infertility, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Death of parent and Death