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hanz's review against another edition
3.0
In particular, loved (was appropriatel angered) by the stories about her childhood illness and pregnancy.
Graphic: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Grief
Moderate: Murder and Rape
gabilaras's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, Abortion, Medical content, and Bullying
Moderate: Rape and Infertility
Minor: Pedophilia
fionag's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Death, Infertility, and Miscarriage
Minor: Rape
edgaranjapoe's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Pregnancy, Medical content, Death, Infertility, Child death, Blood, Medical trauma, and Miscarriage
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Chronic illness
Minor: Abortion, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Violence, Physical abuse, Bullying, Car accident, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Rape, Sexual violence, Ableism, Murder, and Gaslighting
emilylikesbread's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Death, Medical trauma, and Medical content
Moderate: Chronic illness, Pregnancy, Ableism, and Infertility
Minor: Murder, Violence, Miscarriage, Rape, and Pedophilia
massivepizzacrust's review against another edition
4.0
I'm not sure I really understand why the chapters were arranged the way they were. By the end of the book I didn't really have a sense that there was an overall arch to the book (past the connection between her childhood death experiences and her daughter's). I thought some of the stories brought more to the table than others - the stories centering on her pregnancies and her childhood were mostly beautiful, but the story with the mysterious man and the dog was confusing and weirdly half-confessional.
Reading about someone else's preoccupation with death was a relief to me. It's something that's been hard for me to deal with sometimes and this was a really different view on it. I don't think I'll be making any unprepared trips to remote countries any time soon though.
Graphic: Medical trauma, Ableism, Blood, Miscarriage, Violence, Bullying, Chronic illness, Medical content, and Infertility
Minor: Rape and Pedophilia
chloemaerossi's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Murder
Minor: Rape
askard's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Medical trauma and Miscarriage
Moderate: Rape and Death
Minor: Ableism
akashara's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Infertility, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, and Rape
afion's review against another edition
4.25
Minor: Ableism, Bullying, and Rape