Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Suffer the Children by Craig DiLouie

11 reviews

opplecopter's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Medical content, Miscarriage, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Child death, Pregnancy, Gore, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Animal death, Alcohol, Cursing, Suicide, Vomit, and Police brutality

Minor: Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism, and Sexual content

rwsmith's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

it took about 100 pages for the book to pick up. and those first 100 pages were

really tough to get through - the author writes about a parent's grief very well and it was honestly triggering for me.

you do get the perspectives of many, many different kinds of people, which i enjoyed.
i dont usually read horror - stories such as those tend to affect me a bit more than id like. ive never liked scary movies and i assumed i wouldnt like scary books either. i was mostly right. if you're into horror though, this book is probably great lol!
the writing was good and i enjoyed the format of changing perspectives, although there are parts of the book as well as chapters, and the perspective changes many times throughout each chapter. i dont know that all the division of the story helped a lot. i did read the book in two days, so maybe if you read it over a longer period those parts and chapters might mean more. 
the scientific aspect of this book was interesting, and i wish it was explored a bit more, but i understand why it wasnt. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Vomit, Death of parent, Confinement, Medical trauma, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Body horror, Murder, Blood, Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Child death, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, and Police brutality

Moderate: Cursing, Animal death, Cannibalism, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Miscarriage, and Genocide

Minor: Sexual content, Car accident, Drug use, and Deportation

nyallis0n's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense fast-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

4.25

My jaw dropped multiple times during the middle and end of this book! Not for the faint of heart, definitely for those in search of a more brutal flavor of epidemic story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Torture, Gore, Self harm, Alcohol, Child death, Violence, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Blood, Cannibalism, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Car accident, Grief, Gun violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Police brutality, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Medical content, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

echoes01's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Animal death, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Blood, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Child death, Death, Gore, and Grief

kather_doc's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Child death, Blood, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Suicide

owlribbon's review against another edition

dark sad tense

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Self harm, Sexual content, Vomit, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Violence, Child death, Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Police brutality, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Animal death, Cannibalism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, War, Suicide, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Gore

lilybisliterate's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Pregnancy, Trafficking, Violence, Child death, Death of parent, Infidelity, Self harm, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Death, Kidnapping, War, and Torture

kyra_joy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Murder, Death, Alcoholism, Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, and Medical trauma

gia0203's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This is a harrowing study of what parents would do for their children. The urge to protect is not just a human instinct - indeed, these characters become so obsessed with the idea of keeping their children safe that their behaviour ultimately becomes like an animal’s. This book is all about the idea of a walking corpse that has just enough resemblance to a child to be worth loving… and ultimately; it makes you question how far you would go for your own family. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Pregnancy, Suicide, Alcohol, Body horror, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual content

krissyallacher's review against another edition

dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Suicide, Sexual content, Murder, Infidelity, Gun violence, Grief, Gore, Death, Child death, and Blood