Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

The Grief of Stones by Katherine Addison

8 reviews

pvbobrien's review

emotional mysterious 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: Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence, Suicide, Child abuse, and Grief

Minor: Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Homophobia, and Pregnancy

jupitermond's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death, Murder, and Child abuse

Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Miscarriage

turrean's review

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

I wish The Cemeteries of Ámalo had a glossary and pronunciation guide, as The Goblin Emperor did. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child abuse, Murder, and Miscarriage

achingallover's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-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: Miscarriage, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Death, Grief, Child death, Murder, Pedophilia, and Suicide

themockingbird's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Grief

Minor: Suicide and Miscarriage

aardwyrm's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I like the odd pacing of these stories and the lack of a traditional act structure, which gives the world a lived in, immediate feel and walks the reader through the mysteries in the same sense of disorientation and wonder as the main character. The worldbuilding is richly made and sparsely explained, just the way I like it, with a lot of good conlang work (that I'm afraid is mostly wasted on me). That said, I think book one was more effective, but nothing is less surprising than a bit of a book two slump. The new characters and slow simmering plot threads promise good to come. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Pedophilia, Suicide, Classism, Sexual violence, Grief, Violence, Death, Sexism, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Murder, Confinement, Rape, and Trafficking

quirkykayleetam's review

emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Abandonment, Bullying, Miscarriage, and Trafficking

maryellen's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Pregnancy, Murder, Miscarriage, and Child death

Moderate: Grief