Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

Elsewhere by Alexis Schaitkin

4 reviews

em_likes_books's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-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 of parent and Rape

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Infertility and Vomit

vonni's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

If you're like me and enjoy a pastoral, alpine, mystery book with luscious descriptions and haunting tones, this book is a must read. It's a bit slow to start, but the intrigue of the setting kept me engaged and I am so thankful that I stuck around for the whole novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death, Abandonment, Grief, Rape, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Blood, and Medical content

Minor: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Infertility, Animal death, Bullying, and Pregnancy

kelsoups's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.25

Thoroughly enjoyed the themes of motherhood and what it means to leave a place. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Pregnancy

Moderate: Abandonment, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: War, Infertility, Murder, and Vomit

sarah984's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

1.0

No idea what the point of all that was.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Sexual assault

Moderate: Animal death, Death of parent, Excrement, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, and Vomit

Minor: Child abuse, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Eating disorder, Bullying, Infertility, Medical content, and Child death