Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

Betty, by Tiffany McDaniel

79 reviews

evetucker's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Animal death, Death, Racism, Self harm, Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Death of parent, Incest, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Rape, and Suicide attempt

marigolds_and_lavander's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Gun violence, Grief, Abortion, Racism, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Vomit, Suicide, Misogyny, Rape, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Violence, Self harm, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Miscarriage, Sexism, Pregnancy, Injury/injury detail, and Lesbophobia

aforeman's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Rape, Pedophilia, Animal death, Death, and Incest

Moderate: Abortion, Child death, Misogyny, and Racial slurs

mstjohn813's review

dark inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Animal death, Child death, Murder, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Abortion, Death of parent, and Physical abuse

emmahamel's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, Abortion, and Pregnancy

milliebrierley's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Racial slurs, Grief, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Abortion, Incest, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Suicide, and Death

miko888's review

dark emotional hopeful sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book really made me cry. I got really attached to Betty as she is growing and navigating through life. 

Spoiler

thinking of how sweet this book started makes the ending hurt stronger. the tone of the book is already set from the first chapter with her sleeping on the hood and listening to her father’s stories. her relationship with her father felt so real. him being so human and comforting and reading his last days so heartbreaking. betty having to lose sibling after sibling after sibling and being the caretaker of their stories was well written. there’s sm i want to say about this book and i feel like i dont have the right words.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Grief, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Self harm, Abortion, and Adult/minor relationship

nicholeeidsmoe's review

emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I haven’t cried this much from a book since reading A Little Life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Animal cruelty, Child death, Incest, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction and Abortion

aaafton's review

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Rape, and Incest

Moderate: Self harm and Abortion

Amazing book but a LOT of graphic things that can be hard to read.

shel_bay11's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Bullying, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Miscarriage, Rape, Religious bigotry, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Child death, Death of parent, Incest, Murder, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, and Domestic abuse