Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

49 reviews

akswhy's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

3.5

A good sci-fi novel, but a bit of a drag as a thriller. The last third was weakest. A little misogynistic at times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Misogyny, Car accident, Abortion, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

kturner_16's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Drug use, Gun violence, Blood, and Stalking

Minor: Gore, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Pandemic/Epidemic

manders_panda's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Stalking, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Confinement, Sexual content, Abortion, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Alcohol

wendybird0505's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Abortion

kal517's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Sexual content and Abortion

vivisms_82's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Clever sci-fi thriller with a dash of spousal romance :) It started off blazing but lost quite a bit of steam and got a little convoluted but overall was good enough to keep me turning the page.

Explores themes of regret, what ifs, is the grass greener on the path not travelled?, identity, ego and what makes a life meaningful and fulfilling. 

The only issue I had was the way

all the Jasons' seem to view/treat Daniela like she was a piece of meat that they could manipulate, muck about and be dishonest with in order to suit their own needs and the choices they made = choices they made without her say (the end being the exception when she is finally included). It was all THEIR road not travelled they were exploring. They also all tricked her and slept with her - even the "good Jason", before telling her the truth. Made my skin crawl. Actually all the Jason's were varying degrees of icky to me. Still, I don't have to like the main character to appreciate an otherwise good and thought provoking story.

The narrator is fine but not my fave and ended up borrowing the book from my library instead.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

abbiechron's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book WRECKED me. Incredible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Stalking, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Cursing, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Abortion, and Pregnancy

mj_86's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Death, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Blood and Murder

Minor: Child death, Medical content, and Abortion

samgyupsal's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Interesting take on the multiverse concept. I do wish there was an epilogue of some sort as the ending was too abrupt, especially with the multiverse factor.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Abortion

daniel_n_huss's review against another edition

dark sad tense

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Gun violence, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content, Stalking, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Abortion