Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

Conversations on Love by Natasha Lunn

76 reviews

bi_n_large's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Mental illness, Addiction, and Suicide

ffionjohnson's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage and Death of parent

ecosy's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

Gesprekken over de liefde zijn ook gesprekken over vriendschap, fertiliteit, de dood, de staat van je eigen lichaam, familie en alle mogelijke hoogtes en laagtes die deze relaties met zich meebrengen. Ik heb onnoemelijk veel stukken gehighlight op mijn Kobo en gedeeld met mensen die me nauw aan het hart liggen. Ik vond dit een boek om te savoureren (heb het daardoor ook bewust in etappes gelezen) en ben dus voor het eerst van zin een boek opnieuw te kopen op papier. Zeer warm aan te raden.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage

_sarahandthesun's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

3.0

I listened to the audiobook which I didn’t think did the book justice. The format seemed like it had gone from a conversation, to being transcribed for the book, back to a conversation as a re-recording  for the audiobook and it just felt a bit robotic. The parts where it was interview style came across really unnatural and forced. Made to sound like a natural conversation that clearly wasn’t. 

The overall writing of the book was beautiful. Very sad. Not for me at this time and I’d warn others to check the triggers. I’m not someone who feels I need to check for trigger warnings but chapters of this book felt extremely depressing to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Child death, Death, and Cancer

aleenala's review against another edition

reflective

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage

sunshineinabag's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Chronic illness, Infertility, and Pregnancy

alainnwong's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage

martapsalvado's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

June/July 2024 review:
Still a five star read. I love this book.


July 2022 review:
*always reads fiction about love*
*reads non-fiction for once*
the non-fiction:


Jokes aside, this book is everything. So much sensibility, empathy and wisdom. One of my new favorite books for sure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Miscarriage, and Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Car accident, Death of parent, Medical content, Pregnancy, Child death, and Death

Minor: Terminal illness, Alcohol, Blood, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, and Alcoholism

whatannikareads's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

for me, this book is not one to read in one sitting. it’s a series of interviews ruminating on what love is, means, and how it has shifted in aftermath of the interviewees’ lives. i think the structure as well as the questions asked can get a bit repetitive, hence why i don’t recommend reading this in one sitting.

but i had highlighted so many good quotes that gave me food for thought. all sections were pretty strong, but it was the last part regarding loss that really struck a chord with me and made me emotional.

i enjoyed the author’s input but i felt her transitions between interviews with her thoughts were a bit short. i think she’s a great writer and i wish we got more insight from her inbetween about the interviews and how it affected her! i do appreciate how diverse her interviewees were though. i read this on e-book but i may purchase a physical copy to revisit the quotes that really stood out to me :)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Death of parent, Grief, Suicide, Medical content, Infertility, Child death, Chronic illness, Cancer, Death, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Medical trauma

marjoleinvanderspoel's review against another edition

hopeful informative slow-paced

3.5

Finally finished this one! Lot's of interesting little lessons, super interesting to hear so many perspectives on love. Yet I was a little disappointed that these ideas were basically presented as facts, and I would have liked a more critical or analytical perspective in the interludes between interviews. It felt a little too self-help for me, and sometimes I just did not feel like the target demographic. Still worth a read, just not a 5-star-change-my-worldview kind of read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage