Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali

46 reviews

abbywj's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Sexism, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Genocide, Infertility, Miscarriage, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Rape

bink_64's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A story spanning several decades of friendship, love and betrayal between two young girls in Tehran. It is the story of the classes, the political upheaval from the 1950’s that continues even today and the story of human and women’s rights and those brave women that fight to be heard and recognized as human and productive members of society!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Alcohol, War, and Classism

Minor: Body shaming, Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, Police brutality, and Fire/Fire injury

larissalipani's review

emotional medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Rape, Islamophobia, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and War

karinreadsalot's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Infertility, and Miscarriage

Minor: Rape

karwc's review against another edition

challenging inspiring reflective sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Infertility, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, and War

nehaanna's review

emotional reflective sad 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

4.5

This is a lovely story to introduce the history of Iran and fall into extremist dictatorship to those who are not aware of it. Told through the eyes of two young women, the history of Iran unfolds around them. The novel covers a lot of time and political events, so sometimes the timing is rushed. As it stands, the last chapter or so is rushed, and feels a touch out of place in compared to the rest of the pacing of the story. However, the book has a relevant and well fleshed out theme that needs to be heard today. Feminism and the rights of women are a global struggle, a global war, against religious extremist groups, dictators, and so called democracies here in America. This book introduces those unfamiliar to this struggle in a new light. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

alsndra's review

challenging emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Rape, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Infertility and Pandemic/Epidemic

msteinkopf's review

emotional informative inspiring sad 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Rape

Moderate: Infertility

Minor: Miscarriage

bookishcookiemonster's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

That was amazing. I finished this book in one sitting. I love the way Kamali writes. She grips you from her first sentence and doesn't let you go until her last.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

noble_editorial's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infertility, Violence, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol