Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

The Cousins by Karen M. McManus

12 reviews

ashleysager's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Grief, Mental illness, Death, Abandonment, Abortion, and Car accident

Moderate: Classism, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Drug use

sonygaystation's review

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

The romance was a little rushed and it wasn’t as much of a page turner as her other books. But whew that twist sure was something you can only get away with in fiction, it’s so absurd to imagine it happening in real life that it makes it extra fun in fiction

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Addiction, and Pregnancy

Minor: Grief, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Death, Abortion, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, and Terminal illness

amy1608's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Abortion, Car accident, Dementia, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Miscarriage, and Murder

simply_fran's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted mysterious slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Miscarriage, and Gun violence

Moderate: Pregnancy and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abortion

neptune83's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book was amazing! I was tense most of the second half of the book lol. The build up and foreshadowing were fantastic as more and more pieces of the mystery were uncovered. The flashbacks really added to the atmosphere and building intensity. I still like One of Us is Lying a little bit more, but this book could easily beat it out with a reread or two. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Car accident, Murder, Death, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion

kstericker's review

lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Murder, Violence, Alcohol, Dementia, and Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion, Body shaming, Car accident, Gun violence, Sexual content, and Incest

ladylovestead's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

This books has multiple timelines and multiple POVs. It is consistent with Karen M. McManus's other books. It's a thriller with some fun twists and turns. The families are dysfunctional and most of the characters are pretty well developed. If you like thrillers set in the Martha's Vineyard area, you might enjoy this. If I was a teenager, I would have been obsessed. As an adult, I still enjoyed it so long as I didn't think about the logic of the resolution too much. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Murder, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Miscarriage

Minor: Car accident, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

aliciafdz's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Alcoholism, and Death

cbbyles07's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

If you’ve read One of Us Is Lying by her you will like this one.  If you like stories that include family drama and disinherited children this one is for you.  It is not as faced paced as other books I’ve read lately but the ending was still a worthy payoff for sticking with it.  This is YA and could be read by older teens.  They do delve back and forth between the current situation and the past to help the reader piece together what secrets have haunted the family for so long. 

TW: miscarriage, drugs, alcohol abuse, death, and violence (most discriptions are not graphic and yield to expectations of a YA book)

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Content Warnings

Minor: Miscarriage, Death, Violence, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Murder, Grief, Drug use, Death of parent, Dementia, Car accident, Bullying, Alcohol, Addiction, and Abortion

tracey_b's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abortion