Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood

19 reviews

laurendeen's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Sexual harassment, Death, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent

charlottemarston's review against another edition

dark reflective sad 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

5.0

"Simon accepts a cup of tea. He doesn't much like tea, but considers it a social duty to drink it in this country"- love this quote. Honestly loved the whole thing, it was so gripping and just wanted to keep reading. I liked the ending. Enjoyed reading the afterword as well

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Abortion, Death, Murder, and Mental illness

motheroffairies's review

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Abortion, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Suicidal thoughts

annatan's review

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Sexual harassment

amsswim's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

I really liked this but boy it was slow. I'd recommend if you are into historical fiction, but this also crosses directly into true crime. Margret Atwood clearly did her research and really brought this story to life. Glad I was finally able to finish it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Sexism, Physical abuse, Blood, Domestic abuse, Grief, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Gun violence, Misogyny, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pedophilia, Medical content, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Murder

Moderate: Xenophobia, Abandonment, Deportation, Miscarriage, Religious bigotry, Ableism, Child death, and Adult/minor relationship

chelseamann's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Miscarriage, Abortion, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Pregnancy

rebeccaquinton's review

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, and Abortion

jo_d's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Murder, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Death, Toxic friendship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Abortion, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Miscarriage

kgrace_s's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Abortion and Sexual assault

alexandramrtin's review

adventurous challenging informative mysterious medium-paced

4.75

atwood had a big task of turning a fact into fiction, and she nailed it. she added just enough fictitious elements to embellish the history, while still keeping the ambiguity as to the truth of the matter.
the imagery is beautiful. i don’t know if i’m primed to pick up on motifs and ideas in atwood’s work as we went very in depth in handmaid’s tale for IB, but i’m getting it. everything makes sense, everything is so well crafted.
story itself is good. the premise/skeleton of the story is fascinating, especially giving the fact that it really happened! as for the added fictitious details, they felt so real and were so well embedded that the book felt both like accurate reality, or a brilliant work of fiction. 
i would definitely read it again, as i’m sure i missed some details!

only reason i removed 0.25 is because grace marks does not end up with who i was rooting for the whole while but alas

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Classism, Alcohol, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content