Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner

25 reviews

annniina98's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

ariquesito's review

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Abortion

cady_sass's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-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

5.0

Every time I read historical fiction I’m tempted to say “usually I don’t like HF but…” but at this point I think that’s a lie, and I actually love it. This is SO good! It certainly helps that we are following two storylines: one of Nella and her secret business that exclusively caters to women and dispensing with their shit husbands in the late 1700s (absolute queen), and one of Caroline and her shit husband in the current day, uncovering the secrets of the ~*lost apothecary*~. And then there’s Eliza, the absolutely precious 12 year old who inserts herself into Nella’s life and unknowingly puts many tragic pieces into motion. The two storylines unfold beautifully, poetically, tragically; individually and together.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Miscarriage, Abandonment, Alcohol, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

rai's review

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Death, Miscarriage, and Grief

pipcorn's review

mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Infertility, Misogyny, Sexism, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Classism

Minor: Pedophilia and Adult/minor relationship

kbairbooks's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I swear I have been reading so many dark books recently and it’s messing with me a little bit so I’m gonna try and pick up some lighter things for a little bit to lift me out of this mood. This story was told from three different perspectives and had three different narrators and I enjoyed that it was a dark feminist dual timeline story about betrayal and murder and coming to terms with Feelings and the important things in life and the people that matter but also damn that plot twist at the end

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Gaslighting, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Grief, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Gore, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Abortion, Blood, and Infidelity

Moderate: Classism, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

thirdtimesacharm's review

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious reflective tense medium-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Sexism, Grief, Medical content, Miscarriage, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Rape

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Child abuse, Death, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Animal death and Alcohol

alistinexo's review

adventurous emotional hopeful sad medium-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? No

4.5

Loved this one and I'm really hoping a second one is made. Surprisingly, I really enjoyed how it went back and forth between Nella, Eliza and Caroline. Lots of magick references. I'll definitely purchase and read again. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Miscarriage, Grief, Toxic relationship, Infertility, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Murder

Minor: Vomit

mrsdarcylynn's review

mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

This book was super readable. I plowed through this in an afternoon. However, the modern day perspective (Caroline) makes almost no sense. She discovers a vial and decides…to solve a murder mystery she doesn’t know about? The logic is pretty thin for her story line (but I think we can all agree, fuck James). Nella and Eliza were far more interesting (but, again, some stretches of logic for how tight nella and Eliza become over the course of three days). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Medical content, Miscarriage, Murder, Rape, and Sexual assault

Forced Abortion by Partner

maddiebusick's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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? Yes

3.75

Good overall but there was something frustrating about it I can’t put my finger on

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Medical content, Infertility, Infidelity, and Miscarriage

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment