Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Barnmorskans löfte by Emily Gunnis

3 reviews

kimveach's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I enjoyed the dual time periods and the setting of this story.  It wasn't much of a mystery since I could see where it was going.  However, I still liked the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Vomit, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Blood, Gaslighting, Animal death, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Grief, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Classism, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, Gore, Medical trauma, and Sexual harassment

radhikag's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

The timelines were hard to follow in the beginning for me but at about the halfway point it really picks up and I was able to follow the threads more closely. I do feel it’s misnamed because we don’t really hear much about the actual midwife though she does set the events of the book into motion a bit but yeah idk this wasn’t what I was expecting or what was advertised I feel. There was a lot of jumping between timelines and characters who were different ages in the various timelines but again that got easier to follow at the end. Someone said they took a pic of the family tree for reference and I wish I’d done that. 

Really picked up towards the end and revealed a lot of things quite fast. I appreciated the letter at the end, well written and powerful especially with the fall of Roe. Not something I’d recommend just because of length and again, it being hard to follow but I’m glad I finished because I was thinking about DNF-ing. I’d maybe recommend it if someone said they were into historical fiction and don’t mind jumping timelines and POVs 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Abortion

Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, Death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Sexual violence, Rape, Abandonment, Car accident, Sexism, Bullying, Suicide, Pregnancy, and Misogyny

proudtobeabookaholic's review against another edition

challenging mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Vomit, Police brutality, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Pregnancy