Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham

9 reviews

kailynpaig's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Trafficking, Gaslighting, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Pregnancy, Blood, Miscarriage, and Infidelity

redefiningrachel's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Violence, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, Stalking, Mental illness, Gun violence, Drug use, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Suicide, Self harm, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Eating disorder and Sexual content

thereadedit's review

dark mysterious tense slow-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

I'm having a hard time deciding where my feelings land on this one. Through most of the book I had trouble wanting to sit down and read it for extended periods of time. I would get 35-50 pages in and I could just walk away without it being an urge to get back to because I had to know what was happening. 

And I absolutely hate that I couldn't sit for an extended period of time to get through it. But do not get me wrong. This was a great story. I really enjoyed the twists, turns and the shock of events within the book. 

I also wish there would have been more from from Coopers side of things. If we could have seen how it affected him or Daniel for that matter it could have sewn more doubt regarding who did what. I needed more of an explanation for what happened in the end. There was none for some things and I hate that there wasn't. It would have rounded the story more for so many questions that are being asked. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Blood, Child death, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, and Murder

karyan1's review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicide attempt, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, and Self harm

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Miscarriage, Stalking, Domestic abuse, and Abandonment

Minor: Vomit and Pregnancy

nodogsonthemoon's review

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Blood, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Death, Alcohol, Drug use, Grief, Kidnapping, and Child death

Minor: Pregnancy, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Miscarriage, Stalking, Violence, and Self harm

cdubbs's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Grief, Toxic friendship, Death, Gaslighting, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Self harm, Child abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Miscarriage, Sexual content, Blood, Cursing, and Pregnancy

taelights's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This book had so many fun and unexpected twists I absolutely loved it. I had thought I figured it out at about 50% in and had two theories I was really leaning towards and just when I thought one of them was it the last twists slapped me so hard out of nowhere. 

I almost gave this book 4 stars due to me being genuinely shocked by the ending but I have settled on 3.75 because I found the main character often annoying me. I thought a lot of her decisions were very dumb and dangerous plus like I get that she has trauma from her childhood but that doesn't excuse her actions or dangerous and illegal practices when it comes to taking pills. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Stalking, Suicide, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Sexism, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Medical content

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Minor: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

haleysversion's review

dark mysterious sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Murder, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

kimveach's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This was a good-enough thriller, but it could have been a little tighter.  It did keep me guessing from one character to the next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Infidelity, and Self harm

Minor: Pregnancy and Sexual assault