Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

The Ship of Brides: A Novel by Jojo Moyes, Jojo Moyes

8 reviews

cassie7e's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

I always forget I enjoy historical fiction until I pick up something like this. Cried a lot, but not sure how much to attribute to the book and how much is from the connection with my own family's similar past.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Grief, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Miscarriage, Rape, Medical content, Trafficking, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Confinement, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation

cgswan's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and War

chellemerrill's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Moderate: Animal death, Miscarriage, and Rape

rachbreads's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.75

I thought the concept was really good, and I love that she thought to turn her grandmother's story into a book. The idea of over 600 Australian women bunking on an aircraft carrier to cross the ocean and reunite with their husbands is super interesting and ripe ground for a story. 

But the writing was just so messy. The structure was wild - the POV shifts were so rapid and it always took forever to figure out who was talking by which point you'd have to go back and start the section over. The frame narrative was completely unnecessary and introduced yet more characters for us to keep track of that added absolutely nothing to the core story. She would spend paragraphs on the working of the boat but left important characters' stories unfinished

wtf happened to Jean?!?

. Really unlikeable characters never grew or changed, they just stayed annoying right to the end *cough*

Avice

*cough* I just basically skimmed major parts of it and finished the book solely to figure out what happened with Frances. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body shaming, Miscarriage, Rape, and War

Forced prostitution/sexual slavery, rape of an intoxicated underage girl

alixprior's review against another edition

hopeful informative sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

chailady's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

 I liked the historical records used in writing this book. However, the really slow start, confusing characters, and multiple stories told in the first third of the book were difficult for me. But, the book really picked up in the last half. I liked the conclusion as well. The fairly straightforward wrap up definitely helped create a satisfying ending.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Rape, and Sexual assault

anskutiti's review against another edition

emotional hopeful

• 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

Moderate: Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and War

jenn_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Miscarriage, Rape, and Vomit

Minor: Alcoholism and Bullying

Forced prostitution, pregnancy, the dog dies