Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker

16 reviews

kredeprnz's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Wow. I am actually broken because of this book. I'm writing this fresh after finishing it and just, wow. 

I came for another retelling of the Iliad, hoping it would be as beautiful as so many others, and it was. It was beautiful because of the story of Briseis is not. Her story is absolutely ugly and terrifying, a true tragedy as the life for women in ancient times were. It's realistic and historic in it's own ways. Her reactions to the traumas were painted in a way that weren't triggering, but you still felt her raw emotion, the raw emotion of a human being so hurt and tortured. This book was amazing in telling her story and the stories of many other trojan women that were looked over and ignored so many times throughout history. A truly powerful story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, War, Blood, Body horror, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Grief, Kidnapping, Misogyny, and Slavery

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Confinement, Suicide, and Pregnancy

Minor: Body shaming, Miscarriage, and Infertility

katie_gibbs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, and War

Moderate: Alcohol and Alcoholism

Minor: Animal death and Infertility

elizabethchoi's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence

lolavalls's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Suicide attempt, War, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Infertility, Grief, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Child death, Child abuse, Animal death, and Alcohol

vmatias26's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Blood, Body horror, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, and War

Moderate: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and Violence

Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, and Torture

mitzireads's review

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I did enjoy the story of this book. It was refreshing to hear the battle of Troy from the women's POV. Even though it obviously wasn't a good experience it was still informative. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Rape

Moderate: Suicide, Death, and Infertility