Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Book of the Unnamed Midwife by Meg Elison

39 reviews

ola2109's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Violence, Emotional abuse, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexism, Abortion, Sexual violence, Slavery, Miscarriage, Blood, Cursing, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

lady_bountiful's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Gore, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual content, Blood, Violence, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Gun violence, Miscarriage, and Murder

smallwallflower's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Couldn’t put it down once I started reading. One of those books that stays with you after. Wish I could read it again for the first time

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicide, Violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic, Miscarriage, Murder, Misogyny, and Slavery

jmstorytime's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I never thought a book would ever top my favorite books of all time. This book though….chefs kiss. I devoured this beautifully written book in 24 hours. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Infertility, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Abortion, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Medical content, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Self harm, and Sexual harassment

hurlyburlywitch's review

challenging dark emotional sad 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

4.0

This was dark, and made my insides roil. I found the protagonist compelling, though some of her choices didnt particularly resonate with me. 
Several plot points hit me like a gut punch, but in the end the plot felt rushed, like they'd run out of book to struggle in, rather than running out of struggle. 
One thing that was missing for me was the acknowledgement of trans people, and how they were impacted by a virus that was more deadly for women. In fact, they might have held some clue- was the virus more deadly based on about organs, or hormones, or purely capacity for pregnancy? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Rape, Violence, Death, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Child death

Moderate: Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Medical content, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Infertility, Blood, Child abuse, Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Excrement, Infidelity, Abortion, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Suicide, Murder, Car accident, and Cursing

Minor: Vomit

tr4shc4n's review

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Infertility, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Sexism, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Murder, Violence, Miscarriage, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Biphobia, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Adult/minor relationship

abbacirc's review

adventurous challenging dark sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Murder, Pregnancy, Infertility, Death, Slavery, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, Gun violence, and Child death

Moderate: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, and Infidelity

scoobygirl93's review

I was looking forward to reading this and I wanted to love it. It's just spending so much time in the time period of immediately post event, and I'm bored, I'm more interested in the this is how the world is now time period.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Infertility, Blood, Child death, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Miscarriage, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Murder, Rape, and Medical trauma

sporks_n_cookies's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Miscarriage, Murder, Gun violence, Child death, Sexual violence, and Rape

v_nerdbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, Infertility, Slavery, Sexual violence, Child death, Abortion, Child abuse, Death, and Miscarriage