Reviews

The Book of the Unnamed Midwife by Meg Elison

marinable_books's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

xianthe's review

dark tense medium-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? No

3.0

mcnewm's review

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

5.0

becca_shaw_'s review

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.0

bookshelf_therapy's review

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

4.5

samfox's review

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

lexihworth's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Rape, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Medical content, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Blood, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Murder, Slavery, Sexual content, Gore, Violence, Sexism, Gun violence, Trafficking, and Suicide

Moderate: Medical content, Pedophilia, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Child death, Biphobia, Miscarriage, Drug use, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Cursing, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Grief, and Gore

Minor: Gun violence, Animal death, Alcohol, Miscarriage, Abandonment, Abortion, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Biphobia, and Child death

A large portion of the book is dedicated to a storyline that follows a Mormon settlement, if you have religious trauma related to Mormonism, be aware. This book is HEAVY, but it was also amazingly written and I️ don’t regret reading it.

charlotte_trimmer's review

dark reflective medium-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

4.75

extraterrestrialcrisis's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Blood, Rape, Death, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Miscarriage, Child death, Sexual violence, Murder, Medical content, and Trafficking

Moderate: Violence, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Slavery, Abortion, Death of parent, Death, Car accident, and Adult/minor relationship

zee_83's review against another edition

challenging informative sad slow-paced

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

3.5

Was an interesting read. Bit of a scary perspective of what could happen should a pandemic wipe out most humans. Especially given we have lived through a pandemic.