Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

Turtle Under Ice by Juleah del Rosario

13 reviews

erwikka's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful lighthearted 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? It's complicated

3.0

This book is written in verse which is super fun. I think the author handle grief and hope in such an amazing way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Minor: Miscarriage

citrus_seasalt's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Miscarriage

Minor: Self harm

readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition

sad 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Mental illness, and Grief

Minor: Blood, Misogyny, Drug use, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, and Cancer

Heart attack, overdose

regent_ace's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

A really moving story about how deeply grief can affect a person and that it’s not always a clean process, it’s different process for everyone it affects. I enjoyed following the journey of the two sisters and their relationships with their friends and family and how grief and the inability to fully move on the both of them deal with it. I will say one of the important points in the story that involves the stepmother wasn’t explored enough given how important the topic is

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Miscarriage

jamie_reads_stuff's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

3.0

A very heartfelt take on grief and loss and how it affects the relationships around us. I liked the sisterly bond, but I also felt that both sisters seemed a little bit too one dimensional. Maybe it was the writing style and the fact that it was written in a free poetic way, but I wasn’t as invested in either character. Maybe because I’m not the target audience, but I found the book to be almost too basic in its exploration of grief, I kept feeling like I wanted more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Miscarriage

iksme's review

emotional inspiring reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Miscarriage

hazychapters's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

4.0

I loved this book, because I was completely out of my comfort zone with this verse novel. It was beautifully written, especially with the grief theme, which isn’t easy to address. I just had difficulty to feel connected to the characters because I was sometimes lost in the chronology of the plot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, Death, and Miscarriage

ahorelik's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage

ahaines18's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Death of parent, Miscarriage, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Drug use, Toxic friendship, and Drug abuse

casey_sunshine's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Miscarriage