Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

The Orchard by David Hopen

6 reviews

emilyacres's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death of parent, Abortion, Drug use, Death, Drug abuse, Cancer, Suicide, Sexual content, Violence, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

basementofbooks's review

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Murder, and Drug use

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Pregnancy, and Abortion

bootsmom3's review

challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Murder

Minor: Abortion and Pregnancy

kellylikestoread's review

challenging emotional reflective 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

I really loved this book. Captures the feelings of high school so well. Extremely philosophy heavy. I go back and forth about the series of tragic events I the last quarter of the story and whether or not they are too much with such fast pacing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Abortion

roxiw's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

It seemed to me like half the book was dedicated to describing teenage exploits and the other half to hard-to-follow philosophical analysis. I think it would be more enjoyable to someone who feels connected to Judaism (or maybe any religion).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Child death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Grief, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and Medical content

Minor: Abortion and Vomit

jessaboohoo's review against another edition

challenging 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Death

Minor: Abortion