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Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Suicide
Minor: Vomit
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Medical trauma, Murder
Moderate: Slavery, Trafficking
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment
Several plot points hit me like a gut punch, but in the end the plot felt rushed, like they'd run out of book to struggle in, rather than running out of struggle.
One thing that was missing for me was the acknowledgement of trans people, and how they were impacted by a virus that was more deadly for women. In fact, they might have held some clue- was the virus more deadly based on about organs, or hormones, or purely capacity for pregnancy?
Graphic: Child death, Death, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Trafficking, Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Suicide, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Vomit
Graphic: Rape
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Miscarriage, Sexism, Sexual assault
***Note about CWs: bad things are seen as bad by narrator, and hard topics didn't feel hopeless***
My main content warnings:
Lots of dead bodies,
Miscarriages/stillborns,
Sexual assault(1 in first person) most are mentions after,
Killing(self defense),
Child abuse(LDS child bride)
Women are traded by men for sex
Graphic: Child death, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Pregnancy
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Slavery, Suicide, Blood, Trafficking, Religious bigotry
Minor: Biphobia, Abortion, Alcohol
The book starts right off at the beginning of a plague that has wiped out humanity, and then we followed the "unnamed midwife," who takes on several different names and personas to protect herself, as she seeks to survive in a post apocalyptic hellscape. The majority of the population have all died, and the remaining men have taken to raping and enslaving the women whenever they find them. As a woman, I found this book equal parts touching and terrifying. What happens to women's rights and reproductive justice in a post-apocalyptic landscape? The Book of the Unnamed Midwife goes for answers to that question. I don't normally go for post-apocalyptic fiction but I would definitely recommend this one. Again, check the content warnings if you are sensitive to graphic content, especially violence against women.
Graphic: Child abuse, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence
Moderate: Child death
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy
PLEASE read the content warnings on this one before you start. Not kidding.
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Torture
It's not the most amazing, exciting or captivating apocalyptic read and I'm not in any rush to continue reading but I do plan on it eventually.
Might come back tomorrow and revise this review after sitting on it for awhile.
Graphic: Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, Murder, Pregnancy
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Slavery, Suicide