Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

Things We Say in the Dark by Kirsty Logan

12 reviews

becknatale's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

Some bangers (exquisite corpse) but many of the short stories were too vague to have a major impact on me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Gore, Incest, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Vomit, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

mnatale100's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Grief, Cannibalism, and Murder

Minor: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, and Death of parent

wwweronka's review

dark fast-paced

4.0

I resonated with many of the stories, I didn't understand some, I'd love to talk about many of them just to see how other people read them. But I enjoyed (I'm not sure if that's the correct word for disturbing stories that are kind of true if you take away the horror) all of them. 

It's a book I'll probably return to at some point. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Pregnancy

Moderate: Miscarriage and Sexual violence

erinbarton's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

absolutely loved this — dark and atmospheric, beautiful poetic prose, every single story was such a banger. i loved the snippets from the fictionalised author in between each story becoming increasingly derailed as her isolation affected her. also loved that this collection had a mix of stories involving the supernatural but also real-world horrors too.

fave stories:
• last one to leave please turn off the lights
• girls are always hungry when the men are all bite-size
• birds fell from the sky and each one spoke in your voice
• my body cannot forget your body
• the only time i think of you is all the time
• sleep long, sleep tight, it is best to wake up late
• watch the wall, my darling, while the gentlemen go by

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Death

Moderate: Miscarriage, Rape, and Kidnapping

sofigj's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Dysphoria

violet_pages's review

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Confinement, Gore, Infertility, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Vomit, and Kidnapping

Minor: Death of parent

theshelfldn's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Rape, and Violence

esme_lib's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely chilling haunting stories, from the almost silly and fantastical to gore and fear. split into three parts, The House, The Child and The Past, these short stories tap into the fears women have and the fears you didn't know to be afraid of.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Confinement, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, and Stalking

Minor: Death of parent

aimsro's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Miscarriage, Rape, and Sexual assault