Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

A Column of Fire by Ken Follett

3 reviews

goldenlake's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Murder, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Stalking, Religious bigotry, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, and War

Moderate: Kidnapping, Alcohol, Vomit, Slavery, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Classism, Death of parent, Racism, Genocide, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

Minor: Torture, Homophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, Infertility, Cursing, Colonisation, and Incest

siniandi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Solid work by Follett, it is always a pleasure to return to the Kingsbridge Saga. The plot is more scattered over several countries and locations and it was at times difficult to keep track of all the different story lines and characters, switching and travelling between England, France, Spain, Netherlands and Overseas. Since the plot already covers quite a large timespan, it was slightly difficult to follow, especially in the beginning. Nonetheless, Follett again embeds the plot skilfully into the historical events of the time. One thing that definitely improved from the last few books was the description of the women and their plot points which is far less "male gaze-y" than in Follett's previous works.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, and War

joey1914's review

adventurous dark 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Animal death, Gore, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Torture, Antisemitism, Violence, War, Blood, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Colonisation, Classism, Murder, Misogyny, Rape, and Slavery