Reviews with content warning for Miscarriage - The House of Eve

This is the kind of Historical Fiction story I love. One where you know there were women who experienced this but have never heard these stories before. It was an interesting journey, a little slow at times which is why I think it’s not a 5 star read for me but worth the journey. I really enjoyed the authors writing style.

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challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

This book definitely pulled at the heart strings and kept me in my feelings. The author did a great job of pulling me in and giving me a clear understanding of the thoughts and feelings of the characters.

It not only showed the struggles of race/colorism, it shows how opportunities and treatment differ based on class/wealth which isn't unusualunfortunately.

I appreciated the journey I was taken on while reading for sure.

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emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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_sunnysans's review against another edition

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dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

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bgoodbookclub's review against another edition

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challenging emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

I am typically not a historical fiction girlie but I read whatever BBBC tells me to and I loved this book!

I do think that it went long in a few areas but overall, I loved how to the two stories intersected. They were both very different but similar.

I did not read Yellow Wife so I cannot compare this book to that one but I think Johnson is an amazing author and I would definitely read another book by her!

This book is devastating and has a lot of topics around pregnancy and miscarriage so I would definitely check the content warnings before reading!

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emotional

5.0

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