Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Follow Me to Ground by Sue Rainsford

7 reviews

itsalina's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Blood

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Gore, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Death, Murder, and Child death

panthalassa's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, and Terminal illness

Minor: Animal cruelty

jessiebertram's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Chronic illness, Child death, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Body horror, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Infidelity, Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Incest, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Torture, and Toxic relationship

cheye13's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

The vibes in this – impeccable. I do not know what I was expecting, maybe a more sci-fi/fantastical/romantic read. I'm SO glad I read this on audio, bc the second I heard southern accents, the southern gothic vibes clicked right into place. I'm not sure exactly how any of it would've clicked without that.

I love, love the structure of this. First off, I thought it was dual perspective with Ada and Samson, but being all through Ada's ("unnatural") perspective broken up by accounts of her own "myth" from townspeople was perfect for the atmosphere. I reread it almost immediately just to take in the vibes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Death of parent, Murder, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, and Adult/minor relationship

Most of the issues are talked around in vague terms, aside from the medical practices of Ada and her father.

theintrovertedintrovert's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

house_of_hannah's review

challenging dark mysterious sad fast-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

4.0

The subjects that were touched on in this book were not what I was expecting ! I think the bolded blurb before the description on Goodreads does a better job at conveying what the book is about than the actual description on the book itself. 

CW:

Implied Incest, Pedophilia

This does a good job at making the situation seem as normal as possible in the beginning. We're fed hints of what is actually going on, so we know that things are going to take a darker turn. The "reveals" at the end essentially just confirm what we already know, but the ending was still too abrupt for me. 

I read this in one sitting, which I don't normally do, but I was so invested in the story, and the writing is quite beautiful. It is definitely not the most straightforward though. I did have to re-read paragraphs a few times to understand what was going on. 

The mysticisme around Ada and her father is just so intriguing, and I'd love to read more about those like them. We don't get a lot of answers, so I'd love another book based in this universe.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child death, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, and Sexual content

jbellomy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Excrement, Medical content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Fatphobia, Incest, Misogyny, Sexism, and Vomit

Minor: Animal death, Grief, Infertility, and Infidelity