Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney

69 reviews

pageafter_paige's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

This was a super quick read that kept me on my toes! I loved how the chapters jumped between diary entries from childhood, present time, and the week leading up to her coma. Even though the title is called Sometimes I Lie I was still fooled a few times hahaha but overall I felt the ending was predictable once a certain big secret was revealed. I do love Alice’s writing and I find it super engaging. I’m not a huge fan of how it all ended in the last chapter but overall I enjoyed the story! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Child abuse, Classism, Cursing, Miscarriage, Murder, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Violence

siobhanward's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

This was a decent read - Feeney is good at writing twists, and while I saw some of the twist coming, I didn't see all of it, which was cool. I liked that while Amber was an unreliable narrator, she was just outright admitting that sometimes she lied, unlike some unreliable narrator tropes that rely on the narrator either being some form of addict or just withholding info from the reader without telling them.

The plot was kind of mediocre and it felt like the current-day plot should not have taken up as much time as it did - I get why it did, but it took so long to get there that it really dragged at points. Still a decent enough read that I'm looking forward to reading more from Feeney.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, and Medical content

Moderate: Death of parent, Miscarriage, Infertility, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

laurensm_th's review

dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Fire/Fire injury, Stalking, Rape, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Medical trauma, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Blood, Alcoholism, Medical content, Infertility, Pregnancy, and Excrement

velvetreads_'s review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Death of parent, Child death, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Murder, Sexual assault, Stalking, Death, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Infertility, Addiction, Alcohol, and Grief

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Gaslighting, and Drug abuse

pookiee's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

1.5

Feeney’s casual writing style and ominous fortune cookie slip phrases make the pages turn fast, as usual. however, this is her debut, and the writing is not as good as in her more recent books.

I dislike reveals that are basically

”bitches be crazy”

, hate

rape

used as a plot device, and there also was not much lead-up to some parts of the explanation. I liked the very end, but then the very very end ruined it for me bc I find

ambiguous “hehe they might still be alive” cliffhanger

cheap.

most English language books I read are American, so a British one is a nice change of pace. I liked seeing all the Britishisms!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Stalking, Medical content, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Vomit, Fatphobia, Infertility, Murder, Alcohol, and Miscarriage

Minor: Animal death, Excrement, and Adult/minor relationship

clrouse's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Rape, Sexual harassment, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Miscarriage, Murder, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Death of parent, Abandonment, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcoholism, Body horror, and Death

lulureading's review

dark mysterious sad 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? Yes

3.0

This book broke me lol. I've been reading fantasy romances since because this book was such a bummer. It's just a real feel-bad story. It doesn't have a happy ending as far as I'm concerned. So many terrible things happen from start to finish. I hated all of the characters. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Panic attacks/disorders, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Infertility

_savannahreads_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Infertility, Toxic relationship, Violence, Car accident, Death of parent, Death, Rape, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Chronic illness and Cancer

alexisgarcia's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

please PLEASE check the trigger warnings  before reading!!

i felt like the coma chapters were really slow and dragged for me. the twists were okay but some of them seemed so pointless. some of the twists were unnecessary and awful. it brought the book down so far for me. there was no reason for some of the book content to be in there. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Gaslighting, Grief, Car accident, Child death, Emotional abuse, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Abandonment, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Infertility, and Torture

reburkah's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.25

I felt this book to be incredibly slow. It dragged on forever and the book is less than 300 pages. The narrator is unlikable and I was uninterested in what happened to her.

The rape scene was entirely unnecessary and added nothing to the plot. There was no need for that character at all.

I wish there had been more definition between diary and real life as I found it to be confusing to what had actually happened. The scenes where she was in the coma were redundant and boring which ruins the excitement of the book considering it's about a character in a coma. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Miscarriage, Infidelity, Infertility, and Pregnancy

Minor: Stalking