Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

The Mothers by Brit Bennett

83 reviews

milliebrierley's review

dark emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Child abuse, Death of parent, Infertility, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, and Violence

hannahmarierobbins's review against another edition

challenging emotional relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Moderate: Abortion, Child death, Death of parent, Infertility, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

sierranorgan's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

The writing on this one was beautifully slow. But I felt like because of that some parts felt like they lagged a little bit. The story was beautifully woven together though and I enjoyed being in these characters lives! I can’t wait to read what Bennett does next!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Infertility, Pedophilia, Sexual content, and Suicide

linnylu's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Grief, Suicide, and Infidelity

Minor: Infertility and Rape

devreighreads's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Death of parent, Grief, and Suicide

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Medical content, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Car accident, Fatphobia, and Infertility

thatsssorachael's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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

4.25

The writing in this novel was some of the best I've ever read. There were so many excellent quotes and observations, I'll be thinking about this book for a long time. The characters were so well fleshed out. I liked that our main girl wasn't super likeable. I also really liked that no one was inherently good or bad, they were flawed and acted out of desperation or love. 

The reason this book wasn't a 5 star read was the greek chorus/Mothers portion of the story. I didn't love it, and I didn't connect with it at all. It was confusing, and really didn't offer much to the story. I felt like it was a good idea, but wasn't fully fleshed out. 

I highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Infidelity, and Gun violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Infertility, and Grief

jkslibrary's review

emotional reflective sad slow-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

Moderate: Abortion, Suicide, and Infertility

mackenzie_sitstudio's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Loved this book. The characters are so real and raw. Brit Bennett weaves tales through time and relationships like no other. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Infertility, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

onmalsshelf's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Grief, Infertility, and Infidelity

msbarnesela's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

• 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

The plot is simple, but this story is about the complicated relationships between parents and children, including the children who are not wanted by parents, and the parents who can’t have the children they want, and the people who become surrogate parents to the parentless children, and the children who become parents to their own parents in the end. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide, Cursing, Child abuse, Infertility, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Infidelity

Includes references to abortion, suicide, teenage alcohol and drug use, sexual abuse of a child, and difficulty conceiving. All of these are addressed sensitively, not graphic or sensationalized. Infidelity is a significant plot point, but the sexual experiences are not graphically depicted.