Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Things We Say in the Dark by Kirsty Logan

11 reviews

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Violence, Pregnancy, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Grief, Murder, and Rape

Moderate: Incest, Gore, Animal death, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Lesbophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Excrement, and Miscarriage

kathleenwho's review

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Body horror, Misogyny, and Medical content

Moderate: Rape, Eating disorder, Bullying, and Child death

katharina90's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

I don't read a lot of horror but enjoyed most of the short stories in this collection.

Mildly unsettling to deeply disturbing, some interesting themes, and centered around female and queer characters. 

The short interludes between chapters were interesting too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Death, Pregnancy, Stalking, Confinement, and Sexual assault

mnatale100's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• 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: Blood, Death, Gore, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Violence, Abandonment, Animal death, Body horror, Vomit, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child death, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Confinement, Sexual violence, Grief, Sexual assault, and Torture

Minor: Misogyny, Miscarriage, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

wwweronka's review

dark fast-paced

4.0

I resonated with many of the stories, I didn't understand some, I'd love to talk about many of them just to see how other people read them. But I enjoyed (I'm not sure if that's the correct word for disturbing stories that are kind of true if you take away the horror) all of them. 

It's a book I'll probably return to at some point. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexual violence and Miscarriage

katarina_kirishiki's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

I enjoyed most of the short stories in this book quite a lot. 

It is filled with very tense short stories who perfectly fit into the horror genre. Some are very uncomfortable to read, and I'd say check some reviews and trigger warnings before reading. But I think horror readers will quite enjoy this collection of short stories.

I especially enjoyed the folklore and mythical aspects in a lot of the stories.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Death, Gore, Animal death, Blood, and Sexism

Minor: Toxic relationship

nadia's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.75

These stories were a lot more accessible than I was expecting, and I was drawn into pretty much each one relatively quickly. I was a fan of the writing for sure!

However, one too many times a story ended and I thought to myself: "Wait, is that it? What was I meant to take away from that story? Hmm, I didn't quite get it. I wanted a little bit more! Just a tad!"

I really enjoyed the interludes between the story. A short horror tale in its own right!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood and Gore

Minor: Death and Pregnancy

serenspace's review

dark mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Death, Gore, Child abuse, Confinement, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Medical content, and Pregnancy

doubledevour's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Pregnancy, Stalking, Kidnapping, Body horror, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Sexual assault

elwirax's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

2.0

Things We Say in the Dark came of as rather contrived ( strange for the sake of being strange but not in a good way). Nothing was particularly engrossing and the stories became repetitive/ indistinguishable. By the 25% point I was losing interest and found it difficult to finish, which for a book of short stories under 200 pages is a surprise. Also, a good 90% of these stories centered around pregnancy and giving birth which I despise, hence another reason for the low rating.

However, it wasn't all bad, there were a few parts I did actually like namely Birds Fell from the and Each One Spoke in Your Voice , I'll Eat You Up I love You So (Fear 1 only) and Sleep Long, Sleep Tight, it is Best to Wake Up Late

I also thought that The World’s More Full of Weeping Than You Can Understand
had an interesting format, the story seems normal until you read the footnotes and the tone and story just changes. 

Overall, not my favourite short story collection but not all bad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Pregnancy