Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan

78 reviews

euphemiajo's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Gun violence, Murder, Sexism, Animal death, Blood, Colonisation, Death, Grief, Infertility, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Alcohol

lisavandonselaar's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Grief, Miscarriage, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy

kintanakely's review against another edition

I was just bored. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage

gummiefox's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Misogyny and Miscarriage

star_charter152's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Death

Moderate: Miscarriage

mothmania's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, and Animal death

Moderate: Violence, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Colonisation, Gore, and Death

Minor: Kidnapping, Alcohol, Cannibalism, Classism, Drug use, and Pregnancy

literarypenguin's review against another edition

adventurous 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

A Natural History of Dragons is a story taking place in the Victorian Era where we follow a woman named Isabella. Isabella is a feisty young woman who develops a love for dragons & a want to learn more about them. Because of the times she has grown up in, Isabella can't pursue her desire to learn about dragons but an opportunity comes her way. When an expedition by a wealthy man to a foreign county to study dragons with a small group of researchers she jumps at the chance to finally fulfill her dream at last.    

The first thing I want to say is how much I enjoyed how the dragons were weaved into the environment and how other people's knowledge about them is constantly evolving the more they learn about them. It was nice to see a fantasy creature implemented like this into a story. The only thing I thought was that the plot did get a little out there towards the end. It didn't deter me though and still enjoyed the story!    

I loved Isabella as a character and how she evolved into a stronger person by the end of the book. How she went through so much but she made it through it all even a horrific tragedy that I hope won't change the feeling of the rest of the series as it goes on. I might read the others sometime in the future but this still was a very good read and I recommend it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Pregnancy

latenightnormie's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious reflective medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Violence, Religious bigotry, Miscarriage, and Murder

Minor: Blood, Sexual assault, and Misogyny

In general, I enjoyed the pacing of the book. It read like a autobiography but with Lady Trent's reflective musings throughout the telling of the story. The world building is solid though not terribly in-depth when not in use for the plot. All in all, I'll be reading the next book in the because series.

judassilver's review against another edition

This book did a couple things I didn't enjoy: the retrospective interjection of the narrator recalling past events (the "I may be old now..." or "though I didn't know it then" type) and the fantasy names for what is very clearly our modern world. Call an England an England, please, not "Scirland". Also please note that the memoir part of the title weighs much more heavily than the dragon part, this is very much the story of an upper class woman struggling to foster science minded interests in a world of Victorian sensibilities. Set your expectations accordingly. (Most of the dragons featured are dead, suffering captivity, or being hunted. The MC also has some very classist and colonialist beliefs). This book (and series) is well written and definitely has an audience, I just bounced hard off it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Colonisation, Misogyny, Xenophobia, and Sexism

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Miscarriage

booklovingbabe's review against another edition

adventurous relaxing medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death and Miscarriage