Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Magma by Thora Hjörleifsdóttir

18 reviews

acrosstheskyinstars's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-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

1.0

 This book was basically the torture of a mentally ill woman in an abusive relationship. Trigger warnings for very graphic depictions of self-harm, suicide attempts, and sexual assault. I liked neither the stream-of-conscience style writing, nor the main character's frustrating refusal to do anything that would better her own circumstances. This book was definitely not my style. I don't think I can handle frustrating main characters. I spent the whole book begging her to make literally any other choices than the ones she did. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Self harm, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Rape

wasabiapple's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Self harm, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Rape

hannahparadise's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, Pregnancy, Eating disorder, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, Self harm, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Mental illness, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Sexual assault

booksjessreads's review against another edition

dark sad fast-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? It's complicated

I appreciated this work a lot and thought that it was really well thought out. It elicited a lot of empathy and I really felt involved in Lilja's world. I felt it really explored the anxiety and the social pressure of being in a relationship and wanting to be loved, regardless of the behaviour and attitudes of a partner. I also felt it navigated these emotions in such a raw way and in areas of the book, these emotions were so intense. 

I would say that this book represents such a graphic account of life in an abusive relationship and I felt that the pace of this book was really fast. I appreciated that chapters being a page or two reflected the snapshots of what Lilja could remember. I thought that the names of the chapters were aptly named. I felt as though the pace also reflected the way in which time passed for Lilja when she was in her relationship. 

I haven't given this a star rating because I felt the subject matter was not something that should be 'rated' per se. A further note is that the translation was really smooth and the text flowed really well. A very heavy book, but a book I appreciated a lot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Vomit and Eating disorder

Minor: Pregnancy

ambgs's review

dark emotional sad fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Domestic abuse

lavendar_fr0g's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

2.5

The writing is slightly off, stilled- likely due to translation. It’s an okay look at an abusive relationship, the slow degradation of boundaries and slow acceptance. The guy was bad news off the bat and Lilja is a bit of a jerk (doesn’t mean she deserves it obviously). Ending was a bit abrupt, didn’t resolve anything but it’s meant to make reader decide what happened for themselves. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Mental illness

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Blood, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Homophobia, Vomit, Body shaming, and Sexism

kaltain's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Blood, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Rape, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Cursing, Gaslighting, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Alcohol, Bullying, and Vomit

booksandbargains's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Im ... not sure what to think about this one! I think the list of content warnings should be as long as the book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pregnancy, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

gabriellejane's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.75

Not quite sure how I felt about this book, but it only took me an hour to read it so not much time was spent on it. Overall, it just made me sad and the ending kind of sadder. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Self harm, Blood, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Infidelity and Vomit

Minor: Pregnancy

lsmith36's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book was like a freight train and felt very real to me in a way that made me uncomfortable but also seen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Body shaming, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Drug use, and Pregnancy