Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

Middlemarch by Mary Ann Evans, George Eliot

11 reviews

tenar's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Antisemitism

Moderate: Misogyny, Ableism, Grief, Chronic illness, Death, Infidelity, Religious bigotry, Medical content, and Miscarriage

Minor: Death of parent, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Drug use, Cancer, Alcoholism, Colonisation, and Murder

thecriticalreader's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

Middlemarch by George Eliot is the best book I’ve ever read. I could spend paragraphs upon paragraphs expounding on how spectacular, transcendent, and astonishingly perfect this book is. Or, I can accept that I don’t have the words to do it justice, and remain quietly thankful that this book exists and that I’m alive to read (and re-read) it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Medical content, Xenophobia, Terminal illness, Miscarriage, Grief, Death, Classism, and Alcohol

Minor: Antisemitism

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introverted_reads's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Death, and Miscarriage

Minor: Alcohol, Pregnancy, and Drug use

qqjj's review against another edition

challenging hopeful slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Gaslighting, Grief, Racial slurs, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Death, Antisemitism, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Miscarriage

grboph's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

This was one of the densest books I've ever read. It took me seven months to get through, but I'm still glad I read it. I think a lot of its characters and scenarios are really good examples of how little human nature has changed between when the book takes place and now. I also really liked what it had to say at the very end about how most of the big changes in the world are moved by the lives of everyday people who don't get a whole lot of recognition for what they do. However, the book was dense and often boring, and British literature really isn't my thing, so while I'm glad I read this book, I'm also kind of glad I never have to read it again. I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a challenge, or anyone who likes really complex, wordy writing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Death, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Classism, Medical content, and Sexism

Minor: Child death, Grief, Confinement, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

dana_katherine's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful slow-paced

5.0

Buoyed me through a hard period and made me think so much about what it means to live a good life.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia

Minor: Miscarriage

bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

emotional relaxing slow-paced

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

4.0

“Explain my preference! I never had a ‘preference’ for her, any more than I have a preference for breathing. No other woman exists by the side of her. I would rather touch her hand if it were dead, than I would touch any other woman’s living.”

A lot of characters to keep track of that it can be confusing sometimes

Fantastic book, it could be hard to focus on at times but some chapters and characters have my heart! I loved Dorothea, Celia, Will, and Mary the most. 

I didn’t like the chapters on the politics of Middlemarch as they tend to be confusing and long winded.

I feel really proud of myself to have read this beast of a novel and get back into reading classics.Lovely ending where the author tells us the future of each main character!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, and Grief

Moderate: Antisemitism, Medical content, and Miscarriage

Minor: Addiction

afion's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Medical content, Death, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Miscarriage, Drug use, Classism, and Antisemitism

Minor: Suicide and Body shaming

twentyventi's review

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

5.0

I had attempted to read Middlemarch as a teenager and gave up shortly after Part One (of Eight). This is not a book for an impatient, inattentive audience — the pleasure of reading it is reserved for someone who is willing to wait for and work towards the rewards it ultimately offers (much like several of the characters within its intertwining stories, each striving towards their respectful goals).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Death

Moderate: Antisemitism, Sexism, Addiction, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Miscarriage

aqtbenz's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Death, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, and Antisemitism

Minor: Alcoholism