Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

Mika in Real Life by Emiko Jean

5 reviews

abbiechron's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

What started off as a surface-level read bloomed into a beautiful story of finding one's way. At times it was painfully predictable, for example,

Mika and Thomas

, but the beautiful youth and growth shown through and allowed for room for my predictions to be flawed in the best ways. Don't skip this read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Cursing, Alcohol, Body shaming, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Cancer, Bullying, and Death of parent

Minor: Medical content, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, Animal death, Terminal illness, Blood, and Toxic relationship

Job loss, immigration

beckyyreadss's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? No

4.0

Thank you to Michael Joseph Penguin Publishing for sending this book in exchange for an honest review. 

This book follows Mika Suzuki, she is 35 and she is struggling. She’s been fired (again). Her last relationship went up in flames. Her fervently traditional mother is perpetually disappointed in her. And now, she’s had a phone call from sixteen-year-old Penny Calvin. Her baby she reluctantly gave up for adoption when she was a teenager herself. Mika is desperate to meet her baby. But she barely feels like she can take care of herself. Is she ready to show Penny who her mother really is. This book is a contemporary fiction book set in America. 

I wanted to give my heart to Mika and wanted to give her the biggest hug I could possibly give someone. Her story is so powerful, so heart breaking and how she managed I would have no clue. I would have loved to see Peter finding out he has a daughter and what the cause of his actions were. Penny was so smart and bright, and you can tell how much she wanted to learn but also respecting Mika’s boundaries. I loved to see the relationship grow between Mika and Penny and Thomas and how they became a blended family. I’m have a best friend like Hana in my life, so I was totally in love with Hana, I thought she was amazing and brilliant, and I wanted to see more of her and her girlfriend.  

I wouldn’t say it was a weakness but considering this book is about Mika’s self-worth and that she doesn’t feel worthy another person or her worth, so I would have loved to see her friends point of views and showing what she looks like to other people and they can see that she’s holding back and the change in her that happens.  

All and all, I enjoyed reading this book and I would read another one of Emiko Jean’s books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Cancer

Minor: Infertility

nailartklaudia's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Terminal illness and Infertility

readingwithmeredith's review

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief and Pregnancy

Minor: Cursing, Alcohol, Drug use, Death of parent, Rape, Sexual content, and Infertility

catbuechler's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Infertility, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, and Cancer

Minor: Xenophobia and Racism