Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal

45 reviews

jenrud31's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective fast-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

3.75

Another enjoyable Midwest family drama centered around supper club culture. Themes of legacy, intergenerational traumas, forgiveness, and the complicated relationships we all have with mom. Stradal always leaves me hungry for another story and a hot meal. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Infertility and Miscarriage

jacquettareads's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Infertility

purplepenning's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Gaslighting, Child death, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Infertility, Cancer, Death, Grief, Homophobia, and Miscarriage

Minor: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Blood, and Car accident

vanessagrausam's review

lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, and Infertility

Minor: Cancer

karolinez's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Child death, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Homophobia, Death of parent, and Cancer

edietz22's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Infertility, Miscarriage, Death, Grief, and Chronic illness

greatexpectations77's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

I really enjoyed this book, and I was impressed at how the author could so intimately describe the characters' emotions. It was also a really complex look at the characters, which made them feel really human. People are extremely imperfect and make mistakes that hurt people, but we can't easily put them into boxes that are as simple as "good" and "bad." Will definitely read this author again. He had some really good turns of phrase.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Infertility, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Sexual content, Miscarriage, Alcoholism, Cancer, Car accident, Outing, and Homophobia

tiffthelibrarian's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.5

Depressing to me, and unnecessarily so. Increasingly depressing as it goes on. I liked the characters but I would never read anything else by this author due to it being such a downer.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Miscarriage and Infertility

reverendmix's review

emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Car accident, Child death, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Body shaming

alisonswing's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Infertility, and Miscarriage