Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

Sister, Maiden, Monster by Lucy A. Snyder

21 reviews

silentquercus's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Cannibalism, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Murder, Police brutality, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Body horror, Violence, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Self harm, Pregnancy, Stalking, Blood, Confinement, Gun violence, Infertility, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Drug use, Ableism, Genocide, Excrement, Trafficking, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Abortion

karalafleur's review

adventurous dark tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Colonisation, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death, Gore, War, Torture, Cannibalism, Excrement, Confinement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical trauma, Medical content, Blood, Forced institutionalization, and Violence

Moderate: Cancer and Infertility

Minor: Suicide attempt

madelinequinne's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.5

Well that was disgusting…

This book had my stomach churning and my eyes filling with tears at the same time, all whilst making me think how awfully the world deals with pandemics and people who don’t fit into our capitalist ideas of how society should run. There were a lot of metaphors for how chronically ill people are treated, how messed up the government is when it comes to global catastrophes, and honestly that may have been the most sickening thing about this book. 

I definitely need to read something lighthearted after this to recover 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Body horror, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Cursing, and Gore

Minor: Abortion, Alcohol, Bullying, Cancer, Drug use, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Infertility, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Dysphoria, Rape, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

l_will8889's review

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-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

3.0

Did I enjoy reading this book? Not really. Was I also too invested in the plot to DNF? Yes. Do with that information what you will. 
DO NOT READ IF YOU ARE SQUEAMISH! Like at all. Seriously. Check those content warnings and HEED THEM. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Genocide, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Violence, Vomit, Body horror, Cancer, Cannibalism, Confinement, Death, Excrement, Medical trauma, Chronic illness, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, Racism, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Police brutality, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia, Colonisation, Car accident, and Physical abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Infertility, Kidnapping, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Classism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Drug use, Dementia, Ableism, and Biphobia

kyrstin_p1989's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Just when I thought I’d figured out what was going on, I realized I was wrong, over and over until the end of this book. It was beyond fucked up. Creepy, terrifying, otherworldly, apocalyptic. I won’t forget about this one anytime soon. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Ableism, Abortion, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Cannibalism, Child death, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Vomit

emimli's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

I absolutely loved the first section of this book. It was so gross and creative and weird.

Unfortunately though, the other two sections didn’t stack up. The latter 2/3 of the book are a slog to get through, and the story departs sharply from horror into Jeff Vandermeer-esque sci-fi around the halfway point. While I’d typically be cool with that, it just didn’t mesh with the book’s established narrative and atmosphere.

The social/political commentary in here is also pretty lacklustre - it’s somehow too heavy-handed and too underdeveloped at the same time. All of it is stuffed into lengthy info-dumps that veer far away from the actual storyline and mess with the narrative flow (anyone else confused by Erin’s random anti-IUD rant?). I usually love social commentary in my fiction, but the way that it’s incorporated into this book just comes across as preachy and a bit cringe.

Also, an octopus? Really? That was the best you could come up with?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Pandemic/Epidemic, Cancer, Cannibalism, Death, Medical content, Dysphoria, Mental illness, Murder, Abortion, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Body horror, Genocide, Suicide, Confinement, Pregnancy, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Vomit, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Gore, and Suicide attempt

tiernanhunter's review

dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, Gore, Gaslighting, Police brutality, Body horror, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Confinement, Cancer, Chronic illness, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Vomit, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Gun violence, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Infertility, Dysphoria, Self harm, and Sexual content

dokushoka's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Gore, Blood, Death, Murder, Body horror, Cannibalism, and Violence

Moderate: Police brutality and Confinement

Minor: Grief, Infertility, Cancer, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Chronic illness, and Domestic abuse

megthornton's review

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Cancer, Infertility, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Vomit, Body horror, Cannibalism, Kidnapping, Forced institutionalization, and Gore

schomj's review

adventurous challenging dark funny 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

4.5

I cannot even tell you the last time I read a whole book in one day.

Starts out an angry-funny spoonie horror story, morphs from zombie/vampire vibes to... serial killing and sex... and then we kind of return to spoonie vibes but with eldritch gods from outer space and forced breeding. Kind of three novellas in a trenchcoat. Some of the political messaging was more didactic than I care for personally. And the gory violence reached my limit a couple of times but always shifted directions at that point so I was able to continue. Your mileage will definitely vary on that. (If it helps you know what you're getting into: I'm fine with Kameron Hurley but Gretchen Felker-Martin was too much for me.)

I'm really hoping for a sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Medical content, Vomit, Violence, Gore, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Death, Murder, Cancer, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt