Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Särmikäs Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent

172 reviews

0liviafae's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Chronic illness, Confinement, Misogyny, Car accident

Minor: Racism, Abortion, Alcohol

chickelope's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Kidnapping

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Racism, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, Alcohol

Minor: Bullying, Medical content, Stalking

karent2000's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious tense 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol

honeybones's review against another edition

3.25

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Abandonment

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Torture, Car accident, Pregnancy, Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Deadnaming, Drug use, Homophobia, Infertility, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Pandemic/Epidemic

thewordglutton's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I jumped into this book blind, which was a mistake because I was completely blindsided by how dark it turned out to be. But it was a page turner I couldn't stop reading. I guess that's why I was disappointed with the ending, which fell pretty flat imo.
But props to the author for getting one indisputable fact of life right: all the therapy in the world and all of the inner work you've put in can be unravelled in a moment by one toxic family member. xD

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Kidnapping, Car accident, Pregnancy

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Vomit

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcohol

squid_marie's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I loved this book and how the past and present plot lines were interwoven. The ending left me feeling hollow

especially since Lindy never got proper justice. Stockholm Syndrome fully took hold of her and it made me so sad that she lost the will to escape even when she finally could. I understand the trauma Peter went through but I was hoping he would come to a revelation about his darkness and how he’s not actually quite so different from his dad. The last chapter of his discussing his thoughts about kidnapping again was chilling.

so -1/2 star although given the darkness of situations like these in real life, it’s fair that’s there’s not truly a “happy ending”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Kidnapping

Moderate: Racism, Car accident, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Pandemic/Epidemic

aideenol's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Pregnancy

stephhcf's review against another edition

4.0

dark sad tense fast-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: Yes

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Virkelig god psykologisk thriller, som aldrig stopper med at overraske. Mogen vil mene at slutningen var unødvendig og dårlig - men jeg er en psycho som åbenbart elsker at være ulykkelig so there’s that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic

princessblueyes's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Wow. There are no words. This book is so dark, emotional and yet so amazing. It will stay with me for a long time. I was so invested in Sally’s life and story. I felt so much for and how hard she overcame obstacles and trauma. Please please check trigger warnings. There are so many horrific things in this book and many times I had to pause and think just because I couldn’t believe what I heard. I shook my head so many times. This book is excellent. The writing is great and the story had a good amount of mystery to put things together. If you can handle the triggers I truly recommend this book. How did I wait so long to read this? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting

Minor: Child death, Self harm, Violence

aoodiobooks's review against another edition

5.0

challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Thrilling from start to finish, listened the whole thing in one sitting sacrificing sleep because it was that engaging. The characters are vivid and I grow to really care about what happens to them through the story. A delight and incredible storytelling. Would recommend to enjoyers of book told through unique and challenging perspectives such as Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, Room, or American Psycho 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Pregnancy

Minor: Homophobia