Reviews tagging 'Incest'

The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

7 reviews

katiejohns's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Medical content, Misogyny, Death, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Incest

silverhill's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Blood, Misogyny, and Rape

Moderate: Child death, Murder, Gore, Sexism, and Sexual violence

Minor: Chronic illness, Ableism, Abortion, Animal death, Classism, Incest, Grief, Racism, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Bullying

jazzsonnet's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Misogyny, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Child death

Moderate: Infidelity, Cursing, Ableism, Sexism, Animal death, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Child death, Gaslighting, and Death

Minor: Incest, Alcohol, and Abortion

kluce's review

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

This is an incredible novel that is fiction, but based on an actual midwife and events she wrote about in her diary.  

Absolutely loved this,  though you should check content warnings.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Incest and Sexism

Most are referred to without great detail and as events that had happened in the past, though there is one scene in the final chapters of the book that more detail is given.

mdavis26's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Murder, Medical content, Incest, Grief, Sexual violence, Bullying, Chronic illness, Physical abuse, Blood, Miscarriage, War, and Medical trauma

lindsaybethlyons's review

emotional funny reflective sad 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Rape, and Medical trauma

Minor: Alcohol, Grief, Incest, Child death, Abandonment, Murder, and Ableism

nuttypi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

5.0

I really enjoyed this story.  It was interesting and I enjoyed the mystery, but my favorite part was the depiction of a mature marriage.  Martha Ballard is 54, and her husband and her have a beautiful marriage.  I don't read too many stories that show people still in love and in a full partnership after 35 years.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Rape

Minor: Incest