Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

11 reviews

kylieqrada's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective medium-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? Yes

5.0

Ursula K. LeGuin can do no wrong, IMO. I swear I highlighted half of this book. “An ambiguous uptopia” really sums it up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Sexual assault, and Gun violence

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Classism

Minor: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and War

waqupi's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality and Sexual assault

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Sexism, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, and War

manatad's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective medium-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Police brutality

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, War, Miscarriage, Vomit, and Suicidal thoughts

pandemonicbaby's review against another edition

reflective slow-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

3.25

Still don't know what exactly to say about this book, but it was an interesting exploration of the implications of how different societies both shape and are shaped by the people who participate in them.
I'm gonna ruminate on it for a little bit and then later do a more thorough review.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Misogyny, Police brutality, Rape, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Excrement, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Vomit, and Miscarriage

There is an explicit rape scene in this book.

the protagonist drunkenly rapes someone.

alexijai98's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Violence, and Police brutality

Minor: Sexual assault and Miscarriage

katconig's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Minor: Miscarriage

ka_cam's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful informative mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.75

I enjoyed the structure time in the story, the political philosophy and philosophy of physics, the musings on language, morality, social dynamics, and autonomy, and think anyone who enjoys those topics will find this an interesting read. I Can see how more recent ‘left or left-ish’ sci-fi has taken inspiration from this. It did well at not being overly dystopian or utopian on either planet, making the characters and situations feel more realistic and complex. I felt the changes in Shavek while on Urras were underexplored, especially related to a sexual assault- he just moved on when it came to his own behaviors, when he was otherwise highly critical of gender relations on Urras and fairly self aware, which seemed a bit off to me. All in all recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Police brutality

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Misogyny

Minor: Abandonment, War, Miscarriage, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Rape

CW famine/starvation, political violence, climate apocalypse

adeepermystery's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful inspiring reflective tense 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

4.0

I would have given five stars but I dislike being dropped into the action and then flashing forward and backward in time with no help from the author. It took me out of my immersion in the book. I felt the same way about Left Hand of Darkness. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Alcohol, and Confinement

Moderate: Pregnancy, Misogyny, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Sexism, Xenophobia, Classism, and Bullying

Minor: Miscarriage

imds's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Graphic: Classism, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Death, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Colonisation, and Confinement

Moderate: Miscarriage, Bullying, Death of parent, and Forced institutionalization

simply_fran's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, War, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Death and Police brutality

Minor: Miscarriage, Mental illness, and Forced institutionalization