Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

A Casa de Eva by Sadeqa Johnson

54 reviews

d0505's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Classism, Racism, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Medical trauma and Abortion

Minor: Rape and Pedophilia

shawnna_reads2's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Classism, Death, Abortion, Blood, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Miscarriage, Racism, and Self harm

Moderate: Rape, Sexism, Addiction, and Alcohol

maddiet425's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Loved this one! I was nervous to buy it since I didn’t love Yellow Wife, but this one kept me interested throughout the entire read. I did find Ruby’s story more interesting than Eleanor’s, and the characters didn’t really develop, but overall a good read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Blood, Medical content, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Grief, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, and Infertility

Moderate: Abortion, Classism, Religious bigotry, Racism, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Sexual assault

lpeddleyoung's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Abandonment, and Abortion

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, and Suicide attempt

weconomou's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abortion, Infertility, and Miscarriage

mwetzel's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Infertility, Racism, Pregnancy, and Grief

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Sexual assault, Abortion, and Rape

okiecozyreader's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

I can see why so many people have loved House of Eve. I really loved the writing in the first part of the book especially. The second half was more difficult context, but I thought it was a moving story of love and loss, family and marriage. 

Enjoyed discussing this one with #bookfriendsbookclub

“…that we even had to fight for what should have been free: our dignity.” Ch 11

“The way to a healthy marriage is to hold on to those pieces that make you you.” Ch 18

“Working on the library’s collection connected Eleanor to the ways of her mother.” Ch 20

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy and Racism

Moderate: Abortion and Self harm

Minor: Abandonment

ohsonoelle's review against another edition

emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Child death

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Abortion

siobhanward's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

3.0

Reese's Book Club Pick 62/68

I loved the premise of this book and I loved that it was based in some Johnson's real family history, but it felt like the pacing was off. The first two parts of the book moved slowly and then everything wrapped up in the blink of an eye. I wish there had been more time spent with the stories winding together, and less time spent leading up to the two plots coming together. I think that more time spent in Ruby and Eleanor's lives before they got to this point, or more time spent after their plots intersected would have been great, but as it was written, the pacing just felt kind of off.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Racism, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Abortion and Racial slurs

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Abortion, Pregnancy, Body shaming, Antisemitism, Abandonment, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infertility, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Medical content, Miscarriage, Racism, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Pedophilia and Rape