Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

The Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson

44 reviews

liblibby's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Alcohol, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Rape, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, Forced institutionalization, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault

mydiverseshelf's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Slavery, and Racism

Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape

aargot1's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racism, Racial slurs, Torture, Slavery, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Death, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

valeriabee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

kdippel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Body horror, Confinement, Torture, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Murder, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, and Hate crime

Moderate: Blood, Trafficking, Torture, Rape, Racial slurs, Racism, and Pregnancy

halcyonkathryn's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Torture, and Vomit

oliviasuzanne's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racism, Racial slurs, Rape, and Slavery

Moderate: Blood and Miscarriage

Minor: Death of parent

rozereads's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative 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? No

4.25

Robin Miles reading made the story really come alive!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Slavery

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Death and Miscarriage

sarahjolyons6's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

 There was a lot going on for such a short book. Once I got into this one I couldn't stop reading it. Pheby is a light-skinned slave girl that is promised freedom at 18 by her father (and master). Things don't go exactly as planned and she is forced to make the best of her circumstances. I thought this was one of the best historical fiction books I've read in awhile. Content warnings for violence that goes along with slavery (beatings, rape, and human cruelty). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Slavery

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Child abuse

inhale_exhale_read's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

 Wow, this was brutal at times to read (trigger warnings for just about everything), but it was such an incredible story. I kind of wish that I had read the Author's Note first, instead of at the end, because she talks about the true stories that inspired her writing and how she started researching. This book was fast-paced with incredibly well-developed characters and a world that is described with such meticulous detail that you will be surprised when you look up from your book and realize you are actually just sitting in your living room. Even though it is painful at times to read, the stories of these characters are so, so important. I would love it if the author would turn this into a multi-generational series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Infidelity, and Misogyny