Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters

33 reviews

brynpemery's review

emotional reflective sad medium-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

4.75

This was a beautiful story and i ultimately really enjoyed it but I cannot recommend reading it at 37 weeks pregnant due to

a main character’s late term pregnancy loss

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Racism, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Infertility and Terminal illness

20sidedbi's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Dementia, Racial slurs, Infertility, Pregnancy, Classism, Racism, Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Addiction, Violence, Death, and Alcoholism

dfrancis's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Dementia, Grief, Child death, Death, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Infertility, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Car accident and Terminal illness

Minor: Pregnancy, Racism, Colonisation, and Homophobia

books_tea_blanket's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.75

This book deals with grief, some of what was but mainly what could have been. The characters’ stories are often sad as they find themselves, and I found myself wishing that their lives had been different. But I don’t put the blame on the author for writing their stories this way, but on the people and their choices in the book, as well as problems with society, for shaping the characters’ stories. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Terminal illness, Gaslighting, Grief, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Car accident, Death, Dementia, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Racism, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Murder, Violence, Blood, Addiction, and Alcohol

Minor: Colonisation, Infertility, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Animal death, and Lesbophobia

Childhood trauma, loss of a child, and lack of identity are consistent themes and potential triggers throughout the book.

hwoodard's review against another edition

emotional medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Child death, Grief, and Miscarriage

abicaro17's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

This book is amazing. Very insightful and inspiring. You really connect to both sides of the coin: Ruthie as dutiful and reserved struggling to break free and Joe as angry and lost struggling to find peace. I think while the end was a tad short it did wrap everything up in a neat and sad way. Its also hella slow and doesn't pick up till the last 30%. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death, Gaslighting, Animal death, Car accident, Confinement, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Cursing, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Misogyny, Chronic illness, Medical content, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, and Sexism

rsagarin's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Racial slurs, Kidnapping, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Infertility, Mental illness, Xenophobia, Grief, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Cancer, Cursing, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Classism, Colonisation, Dementia, Drug use, Addiction, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

reflectiverambling_nalana's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

Though I am still processing this novel, I found it to be a a complex examination on how lost pieces can create new versions of the people we intend or are 'meant' to be. Given the title I expected this to be slightly more a love letter to the culture of the work and to the land. While there are hints of that and as a Mainer I truly appreciate the scope of the state and Eastern canadian territory it covers, i had admit I had hoped for a little more. 

dual narratives can sometimes be very tricky to pull off. I was quite pleased at how these two complimented each other. It was interesting to see how many trends were in NOra/Ruth's path and Joe's. They were not mirrors. But it makes an interesting case of nature vs. nurture in how they both find their independence, how they relate to family both in embracing and keeping at arm's length, and how they each form their own quest to fill the holes in their lives. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Infertility, Dementia, Death, Child death, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Domestic abuse, and Pregnancy

Minor: Alcoholism and Racism

theonlysentree's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Alcoholism, Racism, Infertility, Domestic abuse, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Child death, Violence, Death, and Miscarriage

seattlehols16's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Kidnapping, Alcohol, and Death

Moderate: Dementia, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Infertility