Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth

18 reviews

barium_squirrel's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Trafficking, Pregnancy, Classism, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Violence, Excrement, Drug abuse, Blood, Misogyny, Child death, Child abuse, Classism, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Rape, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Sexism, Medical trauma, Dementia, Addiction, Confinement, Trafficking, and Sexual harassment

teravannoy's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Blood, Domestic abuse, Grief, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, and Abortion

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, and Sexual assault

This book shares details of childbirth, but the stories of prostitution were more unsettling.

cmcahill's review against another edition

I started watching the television show and thought I would check out the book. The TV show is sometimes hard to watch, but reading about the losses some women face, is much more powerful and upsetting. For this reason, I abandoned the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Child abuse, Child death, Death, and Physical abuse

skk111321's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.0

I loved reading this as I have been an avid fan of the show “Call The Midwife” for years. The book differ in many ways, but the spirit of Popular and the folks living and working in it as described still rings true. I loved getting more insight into Jennifer Worth’s life through this book.

It was definitely a challenging read at time and had a lot of medical jargon. I appreciated the index at the end for all of the medical terms used!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma and Medical content

Moderate: Domestic abuse and War

Minor: Racism

addiemccoy's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Infertility, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Child death, Excrement, Rape, Miscarriage, Sexual harassment, Classism, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Death, Drug abuse, and Forced institutionalization

aminowrimo's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Medical content, and Blood

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, and Racism

Minor: Racial slurs and Rape

its_van_vulpen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Classism, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Grief, Medical content, Blood, Abandonment, and Abortion

lolatarantula's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Infidelity, Rape, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Grief, Cursing, Excrement, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Abortion, Alcoholism, Classism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Addiction

maddiet425's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

3.5

I wouldn’t have liked this book had I not seen the show. The writing style wasn’t for me, and I didn’t love the pacing of the story. The book kept me interesting though and I did really enjoy reading about the characters and stories from the show, so I will probably read the rest of the series

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Medical content, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual harassment, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Violence

Moderate: Miscarriage and War

esme_t's review against another edition

fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Medical content, and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

Minor: Rape