Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

Looking for Jane by Heather Marshall

101 reviews

elsanore's review

challenging emotional informative sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Abortion, and Suicide attempt

kyuuka's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Misogyny, Suicide, Abortion, and Suicide attempt

caitafoley's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Such a beautiful story of motherhood and the right to choose. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault, Suicide, Abortion, and Suicide attempt

shae_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Miscarriage, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Police brutality, and Death of parent

Minor: Racial slurs

katiejohns's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Suicide, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexism, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Infidelity and Rape

prbessen's review

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Abortion

mdavis26's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

star_sword's review

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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Cancer and Death of parent

anni_in_wonderland's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

This was one of my best reads of 2022 and a release that could not have been better timed: The book was published in Spring 2022, Roe v Wade was overturned that summer. To clarify: The book does take place in Canada but it does show that limiting women’s access to abortion is historically not a US problem and the book highlights what happens when access to abortion is limited (in general). 

The book follows the story of three women living in three different eras. I won’t spoil too much as all three stories are connected but part of the appeal of the book is that the connections unravel slowly and accumulate in a sort-of “plot twist”. Without spoilering: I have seen other reviews mention that some of the connections between the stories were only enabled by coincidence. While this isn’t wrong and would be something that I would see as weakening the plot in other genres (like a thriller, for example), I don’t really think it matters here at all. 

I liked all the characters and I liked that every story represents a different angle on motherhood and abortion and the book does a good job at highlighting how motherhood, fertility, adoption and access to abortion are tied to women’s rights and female quality of life.  I understand that this book might be a difficult read for someone that is staunchly pro-life but it’s well-researched and well-argued - it’s fiction that uses historical facts to make a point. I hope anyone will give it a fair shot and seek a facts-based debate on the topic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion

Moderate: Death

txkatlovesbooks's review

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Abortion, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexual assault