Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner

97 reviews

pawprintedpages's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective fast-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: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Miscarriage and Murder

Minor: Infidelity, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

rai's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Death, Miscarriage, and Grief

becca_w_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Child death, Classism, Infidelity, Medical content, Murder, and Sexism

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Violence, Medical trauma, Police brutality, and Vomit

Minor: Abandonment

hematthews's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Suicide attempt, Medical trauma, Medical content, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Rape

lemilyh's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious fast-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Rape, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Medical content, Miscarriage, and Infidelity

cassroberts89's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious medium-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

3.5

For the most part, I really liked this. About halfway through, the pace really picks up and events are more surprising and dramatic. I was completely fascinated by Nella and Eliza’s story and the way their friendship unfolded. 

I honestly did not care much at all about Caroline’s personal issues. Her husband was a complete asshole, true, but there was too much of her pointing out subtleties in the way the past and present stories’ themes overlapped. It would have more effective to allow the reader to draw these conclusions alone than to spell it out for them. 

Her story did make a nice backdrop to the past though. I’m not sure this book would have worked nearly as well without a present-day timeline. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Minor: Sexual harassment and Murder

zezeki's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Infertility, Miscarriage, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

thirdtimesacharm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Sexism, Grief, Medical content, Miscarriage, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Rape

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Child abuse, Death, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Animal death and Alcohol

yolanda_h's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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? Yes

2.0

Started as an entertaining read, although I couldn’t resist a multitude of eyerolls. After 75% or so it plummeted to 2 stars, sadly. The devices the author uses there to get to the point they want and to connect the dots are unnecessary, slightly artificial and plainly annoying to me. The premises is so appealing and awesome. The execution is a letdown for me, mostly the present day storyline.

Can be used for a drinking game, for every time a character gasps or feels a certain sensation prickling on their skin.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Death, Vomit, and Miscarriage

Minor: Sexual harassment

griffinthief's review against another edition

reflective medium-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, and Vomit