Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

The Kingdom of Little Wounds by Susann Cokal

5 reviews

roseswithoutthorns's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

5.0

This is not a book for the faint hearted. It is dense, and strange, and at points revolting. If you are not someone who enjoys watching the worse parts of history from the comfort of the modern era,  this is not the book for you. Every character is three dimensional, sometimes to an uncomfortable extent. The people you want to root for drag others down, for no reason other than revenge. The characters you hate will have moments of tenderness, of humanity you will not want to give them. This book is thick, both in length and in language, and the amount of historical references might overwhelm someone looking for a casual read. If you are like me, however, and find history fascinating, and fairy tales, (true fairy tales, with complicated endings, not Disney stories) exciting, and you can enjoy poetic language for hundreds of pages, then this book is highly worth it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Slavery, Medical content, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

emvdw's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

This is a very weird book. I don't quite know what to think about it. I liked the story, the mystery and it's resolution. The afterword was lovely. The writing is quite beautiful and extremely atmospheric. The setting is unique. 

However. It is very dark. It is also almost constantly gross, most of the time unnecessarily so... So be warned.. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Slavery, Child death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Miscarriage, Mental illness, Death, Vomit, Confinement, Sexual assault, Addiction, Blood, and Medical content

Moderate: Torture

khaleesimod93's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.0

This book is a mess. And that is putting it lightly. While the language used and writing were lyrical and beautiful, it did not take away from how awful this book was. It was just completely boring. There was no plot. The timelines with the characters didn't make sense. Everything was all over the place. I did like Ava and Midi as characters. Their pain was relatable. But the way they were written made me disconnect from them as a whole. I'm giving this book 2 stars only because the writing was very lyrical and the magical realism dashed throughout was beautiful. Other than that, there wasn't much that I liked about this book. And it takes a lot for me to dislike a book this strongly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Gore, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Child abuse and Child death

dancingdove311's review

challenging dark slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Gore, Excrement, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

fionac326's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Excrement, Gore, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, and Racism