Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

The Book of the Unnamed Midwife by Meg Elison

55 reviews

shontellereads's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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 Really enjoyed this, so bleak and depressing but so so so good. Check the TWs!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment

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

bex_knighthunter's review against another edition

4.5

dark sad tense medium-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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Wow - bleak, atmospheric, incredibly dark but very readable and with a refreshingly queer perspective on the apocalypse. I love survival narratives, so really enjoyed all the minutiae about finding shelter, food etc. (and with birth control which doesn't feature enough in sci-fi!) but also enjoyed the bigger ideas around: what cultures and communities would develop and survive (not all good), female empowerment & sexual autonomy. This generally focussed on the small picture (which felt realistic given the rate of societal collapse meant that much would remain a mystery), but there were some story sections that explored wider narratives which I appreciated. I enjoyed the framing story, which also provided some hope from the start.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Rape, Slavery

Moderate: Gun violence, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Pregnancy

Minor: Drug use, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Suicide

izzysz's review against another edition

3.5

emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Pregnancy

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