Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

One Day in December by Josie Silver

26 reviews

krandazzo725's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted relaxing sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Infidelity

Minor: Child death and Infertility

heather_freshparchment's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Classism, Cursing, Death of parent, Car accident, Infidelity, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Vomit, Pregnancy, and Infertility

Minor: Cancer

jomjom's review

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Infidelity

Moderate: Alcohol, Medical trauma, Medical content, Child death, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Cursing, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny

rachelrisseeuw's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.0

One Day in December really exceeded my expectations. I went into this book thinking it was going to be a Christmas romance. It was so much more than that. This is a right person wrong time story line and the way it was written is fantastic.  

The fact that they included the best friend, the tragic death of a parent, infidelity, and gaslighting makes this story one that really makes you root for the two to end up together.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Infertility, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Child death, Death of parent, Car accident, Death, Drug use, and Toxic relationship

emilywemily6's review

emotional slow-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? Yes

2.0

This one is hard to rate. I think this is not the romance for me. The bus stop moment at the very beginning and the very last scene  both made my heart melt, but I didn’t really enjoy anything in the middle. It did not feel like a romance to me because the book spanned across 9-10 years and basically showcased defining moments in the lives of these characters. It felt more like a general fiction with a romance subplot. But even then, I did NOT like Jack as a person. He’s honestly terrible. And I wasn’t really a fan of Laurie either. This book felt like I was reading about realistic, messy people, but I didn’t care about these characters or connect with them. The tropes of fated mates/soul mates is not one I am on board with personally when it comes to romance. I didn’t see the chemistry between the characters either. Others have mentioned that there is a lot of emotional cheating and putting a toe across the boundary line and I was not ok with that. Jack was way worse at it than Laurie, who actually tried to build a life even though it was clear that Oscar and her were not living in the same world. This book had almost nothing I like in a romance. I also feel like it was lacking in holiday/December vibes. While I liked how everything was split up into years and dates, it made it hard to keep track of where we were in the timeline (i.e. how long so-and-so had been engaged, how many years it had been since the bus stop meeting, etc.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Classism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Grief, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Alcohol, and Bullying

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Infertility

Minor: Child death, Medical content, and Pregnancy

miilk's review

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death, Alcohol, Car accident, Cursing, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Misogyny, and Toxic friendship

The characters started off okay and then got pretty annoying. But lots of drama and emotional Infidelity which was too be expected and for what it was did keep the story entertaining

quotes_with_a_quill's review

lighthearted reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

Trigger discussion- (review below)

• Alcoholics beware- recommend avoiding this one. 
• Discusses loss of a sibling retrospectively- probably be okay for most that have experienced loss- proceed w caution
• SA survivors- should be okay. I know well how unrelated and specific things can trigger- but this book doesn't have anything classically triggering.  
• Child abuse- none
• Divorce- yes. 
• Infertility- ish. Some trouble  conceiving right away. No angst or depth.  It was annoying. Just how it was handled was annoying. Didn't think it was handled right or wrong. Again, going along theme of book, it was flat. 

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Early twenties to early thirty characters. 

Thought it was flat, which is a good thing sometimes. It was an easy read. The sticky points could have been made very dramatic and delved into to give it much more angst. But it didn't, which kept it flat but also easy. The theme of the book is the meanderings through life and love and relationships. Not the hell each time period can bring. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Infertility, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic friendship

thatswhatshanread's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.5

Twas a very sad discovery to finally read this Christmas-themed romcom and find out that it was quite meh. Normally I love a romance story that spans many years, but this could have easily been summed up in less than one year, maybe two. It was so frustrating! I also love a second chance romance, friends-to-lovers storyline; however, this one fell flat for me because I never particularly felt much chemistry between our two inevitable lovers. All in all, every relationship in the book was rather dull. 

Also, our MMC wasn’t especially charming or redeeming? It was hard to root for them getting together after reading all this build up of how he treated the other women in his life. Idk.

The writing was good and I liked the setting for the most part, I just really wish the characters were more developed and the plot lines more exciting and thought-provoking. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Car accident, and Child death

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual content, Cursing, Infertility, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Misogyny and Sexism

imfixintoread's review

challenging emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.5

Talk about a tear jerker! This is not a normal holiday romance... it has twists and turns and heartaches. I loved it and could not put it down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infertility

Minor: Infidelity

ems_rxlibrary's review

emotional sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Death of parent

Moderate: Infidelity and Infertility

Minor: Car accident