Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

Magpie by Elizabeth Day

76 reviews

cheekylaydee's review

dark hopeful mysterious 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

3.25

I managed to finish this one in two days. More twisted than I expected it to be, which is a good thing. The only thing I was a little uncomfortable with was the use of mental illness

to drive the plot forward, which is getting to be an overdone trope, however the author did good by the character towards the end, so in this case it could be forgiven.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Infertility, and Sexual assault

Minor: Child abuse

sianh77's review

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

Really unexpected plot twist, kept me gripped!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Infertility

lizardqueenlazerbeam's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Abandonment, Blood, Infertility, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Medical content, Miscarriage, and Physical abuse

iamnita's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

This book started so well and the idea was well-done. I could see that we were headed somewhere twisty and then I got surprised by a twist I should have but didn't see coming. By 70% I was so excited by the rest of the book but honestly wish I'd just stopped there. It's almost as if the author dropped the plot and then had a deadline to get to. Which was disappointing. I also could have done without the last chapter. But the vibes were immaculate to 70%.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Violence, Infertility, Stalking, and Confinement

bookishpip's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Infertility, and Rape

devmin's review against another edition

dark

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

3.0

Didn’t see the twist coming and glad it ended happily

but just didn’t like the story/characters as felt nervy and uncomfortable reading it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Infertility

Moderate: Miscarriage and Rape

lizzieiles's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Miscarriage, Infertility, and Pregnancy

mve94's review

emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Infertility

cbillo17's review

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Really enjoyed the twist in this book, deals with fertility/infertility issues, mental health issues. Well written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Infertility

Moderate: Gaslighting

lynds_13's review

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Overall I liked this book. It was pretty fast paced. The twists in the book were good, and well thought out. It got a bit slow in the middle but did pick back up. I enjoyed the characters for the most part minus the mother which is a given. Overall a decent fast paced psychological “thriller” 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infertility, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy