Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Chasseurs d'étoiles by Cherie Dimaline

20 reviews

siobhanward's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

4.0

Dimaline says herself that she intended for <i> The Marrow Thieves </i> to be a standalone book, and it was definitely clear in how it was written. I was pleasantly surprised by this book, since sometimes unplanned sequels feel forced, but this one didn't. Maybe it helped that Dimaline picked up right where the first book left off, which worked in that it meant there was still action happening, but didn't work in that it meant that Frenchie and the family were still having challenges thrown at them left and right. The plot was interesting and I really liked how everything came together. It started off a bit slow but then it really picked up. I love Dimaline's work, and while I prefer her work for adults, this was still a solid and really enjoyable read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Murder, and Death

Minor: Pregnancy

tales_told_in_gold's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Pregnancy, and Racism

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Gun violence

Minor: Cannibalism and Pandemic/Epidemic

nerdsbianhokie's review against another edition

dark tense

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Grief, and Racism

readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition

dark tense 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? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racism, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic, Hate crime, Genocide, Colonisation, Racial slurs, Grief, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Blood, Kidnapping, Torture, Murder, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Trafficking, Medical content, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Infertility, Ableism, and Cannibalism

Minor: Terminal illness, Transphobia, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Suicide, Abandonment, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Alcohol, Drug use, Slavery, and Vomit

Residential schools.

odeminan's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Torture, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Blood, Violence, and Racism

Moderate: Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Ableism, and Murder

Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, and Alcohol

jourdanicus's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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? No

4.5

Heartbreaking and healing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Racism, Colonisation, Confinement, Violence, Blood, and Pregnancy

Minor: Gun violence, Cannibalism, Child death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Alcohol, Medical content, Grief, and Trafficking

sarahalesbrittain's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gaslighting, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Confinement and Pregnancy

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Grief, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Blood, Pregnancy, Torture, Confinement, Violence, Medical content, and Racism

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Body horror, Misogyny, Sexism, and Cursing

Minor: Sexual content, Deportation, and Child death

Incarceration

carlyoc's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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? No

4.75

After reuniting with his father at the end of book 1, French now wakes up in a Residential School unsure how he got there. In this dystopian world, those schools with a history of devastating Indigenous cultures in North America have been repurposed as institutions for extracting bone marrow from First Nations individuals in order to cure a dreamless plague that beset humanity that they are immune too. French must make difficult decisions to make his way out and rejoin his family. 
Meanwhile, Rose , the girl French loves, sets out to rescue him immediatel  rather than wait for a well-informed plan. 
In this edition we are introduced to many more antagonists than the School recruiters that haunted Book One. A corrupt chief who takes advantage of thr apocalypse to build himself a vampiric cult. Traitors who use their identity to trap and turn in their own kinsmen. And suburban housewives turned vigilantes willing to kidnap and murder, all in the name of "doing it for their children."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Kidnapping, Genocide, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cannibalism

augustar14's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

If possible,  maybe even better than the first book.  But honestly, both need read together,  in order,  carefully.  This book is incredibly well written, adds new layers and levels to the lives of every character from the first book,  and brings new characters with different experiences.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Confinement, Colonisation, Torture, Genocide, Cursing, Cannibalism, Violence, Grief, Classism, Abandonment, Blood, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Pandemic/Epidemic, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, Gun violence, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Child abuse and Child death

Minor: Child abuse, Rape, and Sexual violence