Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

Follow Me to Ground by Sue Rainsford

6 reviews

jaswoahreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

 For a novel with such an unusual premise I don’t think that, aside from the rituals themselves, anything particularly odd happened in the novel. It was fairly tame. I have read a lot of ‘unhinged women’ lit lately, and Ada seemed fairly reasonable, aside from the whole burying her boyfriend in the ground thing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Body horror

Moderate: Miscarriage and Incest

soyboi's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Body horror, and Miscarriage

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

dustghosts's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Body horror, and Terminal illness

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.