Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang

153 reviews

tayindago's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicide, Rape, War, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexism

Minor: Grief

frogsreadfantasy's review

adventurous challenging dark slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Death, Misogyny, Murder, and War

Moderate: Rape

macwiththemic's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book broke me. One of the saddest books I’ve ever read. It kind of put me back together at the end but I’m not the same person I was. You should read it but also be prepared. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Blood, Physical abuse, Child death, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexism, Rape, Suicide, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Misogyny

Minor: Colonisation and Miscarriage

caityreviews's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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

5.0

It made me cry.  One of my all time favorites.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Child death, Grief, Miscarriage, Murder, and Transphobia

mehendricks14's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

5.0

One of those books that makes me question other books I have rated 5 stars because it is THAT good.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Xenophobia, Misogyny, Child death, and War

Minor: Rape and Suicide

taylorreads17's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide, Rape, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Misogyny

colorcrystals's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Misogyny, War, Grief, Xenophobia, Blood, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Pregnancy, Rape, Death of parent, and Colonisation

Minor: Suicide, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Classism, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

jocogr's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Miscarriage, Suicide, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Death, Child death, Violence, War, and Child abuse

jpw447's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.75

This is a beautifully written book, and it wasn't really what I expected at all. I went in anticipating a magic-fuelled quest with lots of combat, but it was instead a heart wrenching tragedy about love and loss through the eyes of a mother to the honor-bound warriors of the Matsuda family. 9.5/10

The combat in this is spectacular, and the characters are downright brilliantly complex. The middle of the book was absolutely incredible and pushed this to be one of the best books I've read.

Some of the scenes and themes in this book are pretty distressing, since it's a story about war and its horrific implications. It also explores authoritarianism and propaganda in a fascinating yet disturbing way. Probably the most unsettling scene wasn't even a fight.

This book really is great, and deeply emotional, although the final 100 pages sure do slow down once you've read through the middle portion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Miscarriage and Misogyny

Minor: Child death, Suicide, and Rape

lauramcc7's review

adventurous emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Rape, War, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Grief, Child death, Death, and Misogyny