Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

Anne's House of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery

12 reviews

eowyn_zoe's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Grief, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Death, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Medical content, Miscarriage, and Suicide

decie's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage and Ableism

Moderate: Death, Suicide, and Child death

hdoomk's review

adventurous emotional lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Death, Pregnancy, Animal death, Death of parent, Miscarriage, and Suicide

sanne_vds's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I really enjoyed this book in the Anne of Green Gables series. All the side characters and story lines are well developed and contrary to the previous book (Anne of Windy Poplars) I actually knew who was who. I hope to see more of Leslie in the coming books although I'm not sure considering we haven't really heard anything about other main characters from previous books (besides her family of course). 
I personally do feel like Anne is losing parts of her personality but that may be part of growing up and having children and losing people. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

sdemo08's review

lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I was disappointed with the wedding. After 4 other books leading up...it seemed short and wirhout too much detail or substance. I wasn't too impressed with the plot of this one... it definitely seems a different direction on overall storytelling.

I took a peek at the remaining books and they seem to focus on their children. I'm not too excited about that but I suppose it's the natural order of things given how the story has progressed so far. I expect I'll loop them into my reading rotation here in there to have them read.

[Anne's band of pearls on "red" crocheted blanket]

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Content Warnings

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Grief, Child death, Death, Medical content, and Pregnancy

reclusivebookslug's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

3.5

Anne books are always charming, similarly chronicling the little dramas of Anne's friends and neighbors while we see Anne progressing through life with these experiences. I admire Montgomery for her ability to write so many books about the same girl, following roughly the same tone and style, without it seeming repetitive.

I once again wish that Gilbert was a more intimately developed character. In this one, I also felt more keenly the comparative close-mindedness of the time this book was written and set in.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Miscarriage

A baby dies within a day of its birth.

dorkira's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring relaxing sad slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage and Death

imrereads's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

This books definitely feels a lot more mature than the previous titles in the series. We follow Anne and Gilbert in their first years as married, and we're seeing some darker themes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Misogyny, and Ableism

Moderate: Suicide

evening's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Child death and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Grief, Miscarriage, and Death

Minor: Pregnancy

myavillana's review against another edition

emotional relaxing sad slow-paced

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

3.75

Definitely a slower paced novel, very reflective but still enjoyable. Shows a very important part of Anne's life in her first home with her husband.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Miscarriage and Misogyny