Reviews tagging 'Rape'

The Book of the Unnamed Midwife by Meg Elison

75 reviews

sophiesbookshelf2's review against another edition

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ameeliz's review against another edition

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

5.0


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craftyanty's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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? No

4.0

This was a thought-provoking story with excellent audiobook narration. Reading it post Covid-19 pandemic is probably a very different experience than reading it when it was first published. 

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firefly_reading's review against another edition

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dark emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0


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perfectcupoftea's review

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challenging 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? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0


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meaghanelizabook's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-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? It's complicated

4.0


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cham721's review against another edition

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dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense fast-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


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corvidcopia's review against another edition

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The beginning was copied straight from The Walking Dead and I couldn't suspend my disbelief for some of the events that occured.  

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stabilesero's review against another edition

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challenging dark 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

5.0

This was an absolutely gut-wrenching story of love, loss, pleasure and pain set in post-apocalyse Earth where women are wiped out and babies cannot be born. 
For me, this hit hard on what it is to be a woman, what hardships it brings already and what can be further brutalised and used to others' advantage when it becomes rare. I also loved the raw description/addition of Dusty's need, want and lust for stimulation, because it added another level to this type of dystopian ficion novel that many other overlook or focus on male pleasure. 
I am thoroughly looking forward to the next two books in this series!

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lauraxxpaige's review against another edition

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adventurous dark reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0


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