Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Le Jardin des secrets by Kate Morton

4 reviews

currentlyreadingandcrochet's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

3.75

Thoroughly enjoyed this read! There was some truly beautiful and thoughtful writing, and the storyline held my interest. 

It may have been a tad bit long and there were a few loose ends

(like what was the point of making Linus such a creepy brother/old man? I didn’t fully understand where she was going with that. If it was just to have a receive to get Eliza back at Blackhurst, I feel like she could have gone about it differently)

, but the ending was still super solid. 

I can’t wait to read more by this author!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Miscarriage, Child abuse, Classism, Infertility, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Grief, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Death, and Pregnancy

tigerlark's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-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

4.5

It was a bit slow-paced, but the story unfolds so beautifully and is so intricate! Morton is a great weaver of epic family sagas.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Blood and Violence

Minor: Pregnancy and Incest

maregred's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Classism, Grief, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Death, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Infertility, Dementia, Grief, Stalking, Pregnancy, Child death, and Infidelity

Minor: Religious bigotry, Incest, Cancer, and Death of parent

naye's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

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

1.5

There's no mystery in a book where the reader always knows more than the characters, and it's deeply frustrating to experience the same events over and over again from different POVs, already knowing the outcome. The audiobook was very well narrated though!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

Minor: Ableism, Car accident, Confinement, Death of parent, Incest, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Murder, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts