Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death by Maggie O'Farrell

6 reviews

skillwithaquill's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Moving. Emotional. Resonant. As someone with several chronic illnesses, this book was especially poignant and salient for me. 

None of the usual trappings of inspiration porn, healing through Jesus, or spiritual woowoo that many memoirs about illness and near-death experiences fall into. It’s thoughtful, but not preachy. Meaningful, but not maudlin. I’ll definitely revisit it in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Confinement, Medical content, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, and Sexism

Moderate: Misogyny and Death

Minor: Abortion, Blood, Excrement, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, and Vomit

Other content warnings & specifics: medical sexism, graphic discussions of childbirth & c-section, attempted assault & kidnapping, child in peril, graphic depiction of a near drowning, claustrophobia, abortion (in the context of a missed miscarriage requiring surgical intervention).

gabilaras's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, Abortion, Medical content, and Bullying

Moderate: Rape and Infertility

Minor: Pedophilia

edgaranjapoe's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Medical content, Death, Infertility, Child death, Blood, Medical trauma, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Chronic illness

Minor: Abortion, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Violence, Physical abuse, Bullying, Car accident, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Rape, Sexual violence, Ableism, Murder, and Gaslighting

pipss's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense slow-paced

4.0

Muito tenso...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Blood, and Medical content

Moderate: Grief, Vomit, and Pregnancy

Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, Abortion, and Death

laurenkimoto's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

3.5

How can someone have 17 brushes with death?????? Wild but eloquently written. 
Parts of this book are written in first person and parts are written in third person and the impact that has on the tone and the emotions is masterful used 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Blood, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Excrement, Infertility, Grief, Body horror, Car accident, Death, Miscarriage, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Gore, and Medical content

meru's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Abortion, and Medical content