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The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

3 reviews

celery's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Religious bigotry, Body shaming, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Ableism, Classism, Death, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abandonment, Medical content, Animal death, Fatphobia, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Grief, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Blood, Body horror, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Vomit, Cursing, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Rape, War, Abortion, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Sexual content

juanat77's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Violence, Death, Murder, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Blood, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Vomit, Cursing, Grief, Sexism, Sexual content, Bullying, Medical content, Miscarriage, Rape, and Injury/Injury detail

kategci's review against another edition

dark inspiring medium-paced

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

4.5

This is the best novel Ariel Lawhon has written to date.  In her Author's Note, Lawhon notes that this novel is inspired by historical events, rather than based on them and this freed her imagination to write a better book.  She has taken the story of Martha Ballard, a midwife who lived during the Revolutionary War period in Maine from her diaries.  An icy cold winter envelopes her small town along with an underlying unease.  Through it all, Martha delivers babies, cares for women and manages her own family. Violent crime brushes up against her her family and friends and she finds herself in the middle of court cases due to her livelihood.  Martha Ballard was a smart strong woman with a smart strong supportive husband who became a role model not only for those who knew her, but for those who came after her.  This only took me so long to read because it was January and cold and I was reluctant to be done with Martha Ballard.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, Rape, Racial slurs, Child death, and Pregnancy

Historical fiction set in the late 1700s in Maine