Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

What We Lose by Zinzi Clemmons

8 reviews

khuppe's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-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? No

3.25

A compelling coming of age story

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Cancer, Death of parent, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Drug use, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abortion, Rape, and Sexual assault

fraidyghost's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-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

4.25

Really enjoyed the narrative structure of this book, and its narrator Thandi, whose relationships with her culture/identity and family I found deeply relatable. The story was rich without being weighed down by overly descriptive language (although there were places I wished for more). I only put it down once, and only because the style took a little bit of acclimation; once I fell into the rhythm I finished the rest in one sitting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Medical content, Racism, Death, Abortion, Cancer, Classism, and Grief

Moderate: Pregnancy

hartendief's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, and Death

Moderate: Abortion and Infidelity

thecolorsofboredom's review

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No

2.0

This book's story could be interesting, but it's very confusing to read. It's not written in chronological order, which can work, but on top of that it switches view points a few times (which I only noticed because at one point the view point changed genders) and inserts articles or book excerpts. This wouldn't be a problem if there was some way of telling that the book was doing this, either by putting titles on the chapters that relate to POV change or changing the formatting (i.e. font) when it's not from the main character's POV. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion

1414's review

fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Abortion

wingateyoshie's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Cursing and Abortion

milliebrierley's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Medical content, and Terminal illness

Minor: Abortion

codywolf's review

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Cancer, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, and Toxic relationship