Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

A Winter's Promise by Christelle Dabos

3 reviews

penofpossibilities's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Suicide, Torture, Abortion, and Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Genocide, Infertility, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Vomit

sydapel's review

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

Beware, she's a slllooowww burn folks. Requires massive patience and attention, but the way Davis manges to create a staggeringly vast and yet detailed world is incredible to experience. Like Ophelia, you are thrown into this world with no warning or pretext, lost to the alliances and dangers with no life vest. The "weakness" of the main character is frustrating at times, but to see her begin to find her voice and her determination to see her own way in life is wholly satisfying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Violence

Minor: Child abuse, Suicide, and Abortion

aseel_reads's review

dark slow-paced

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

3.0

pretty disappointed in this, only because I thought I would like it (I didn't know anything going into this but heard good reviews) and I definitely did not. the last 150 pages (of my 494 edition) was interesting but I hated the beginning part and I just hated all the characters and the world argh. also I don't know if the original french used fancy language but the translation used heaps of higher calibre words, in that I actually googled the definition of a word... and I've never done that before. probably won't continue with the series for a long time. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Police brutality, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail