Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue

54 reviews

charlottefaye's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Miscarriage

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Infertility

kirstenw13's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.0

So good, so sweet. There were twists, there were turns. There were besties and their woes. A great book about friendship, what love can mean, the publishing industry and abortion access in Ireland in the early 2010s. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Homophobia, and Sexual content

Minor: Cursing, Terminal illness, Blood, Alcohol, Homophobia, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Medical content, Drug use, Vomit, and Infertility

kirstym25's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Infertility and Homophobia

tiffanyjeannine's review against another edition

4.0

Does this give Sally Rooney vibes because they’re both Irish and use the same audiobook narrator or is this just Irish fiction? I guess I need to read more stories by Irish authors to figure it out. Anyway, if you enjoy Sally Rooney’s stories, you’ll enjoy this. Though this does have more of a definitive storyline than Rooney’s books and not as much of an abrupt ending, but still kind of open ended. So like the vibes are similar, but the execution is a little different. 

Overall, I wouldn’t say this is a funny story. More so a story about a group of people trying to survive the recession and the incident that connects them. There are some funny moments sprinkled throughout, but not enough that I would classify this as a comedy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Abortion, and Infidelity

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Infertility

alliemikes's review against another edition

funny hopeful reflective tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Infidelity, and Abortion

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Infertility

annaholla's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Infidelity, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Infertility

bootsmom3's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense 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: Infertility, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Infidelity, Medical content, Misogyny, Abortion, Sexual content, Cursing, and Alcohol

Moderate: Blood, Classism, Cancer, and Vomit

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Body shaming, and Homophobia

elderwoodreads's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective 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

4.75

This book is fully and completely worth the hype. Rachel as a character really resonated with me and I loved her narration. The only criticism I have is

the cheap "twist" of Carey being the husband. I wish that had been upfront because it makes a lot of the early book narration awkward. The journey of them getting together would have still been fully worth it without a looming "husband" figure

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Infidelity

Moderate: Drug use, Infertility, Sexual content, and Abortion

Minor: Homophobia, Cancer, Vomit, Death of parent, and Medical content

kvalenti's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

4.5

I loved this story about two friends in their early 20s navigating love and identity. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion and Infertility

shelbygibbs's review

challenging emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

4.75

So enjoyed this! I’m in love with Carey as a character and I think everyone is so well written. Each chapter I said id pause there and was forced to keep reading by how good it was…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage and Abortion

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Biphobia, Classism, Infertility, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Addiction, Blood, Fatphobia, Drug use, Pregnancy, Grief, Vomit, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Body shaming