Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Book of the Unnamed Midwife by Meg Elison

25 reviews

batcaves's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

horizonous's review

2.25

challenging dark sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Medical content, Trafficking, Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Cancer, Child abuse, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Medical trauma

◦ Medical trauma = Genital mutilation

readmeem's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Infertility, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Pregnancy

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicide, Grief, Outing

afrank92's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Transphobia, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief

sistermagpie's review against another edition

dark hopeful tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Terminal illness, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicide, Trafficking