Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker

40 reviews

rwindemuller's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

kmlandua92's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

monetteand's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I’m still processing, but ultimately I laughed, I cried, I felt things. I’m not sure how to do a review without spoiling but will do my best here- this is the first book I’ve read where I think the “thriller” part happens in the first 30%. After that is aftermath over many many years. It sometimes felt slow- but I don’t know that it was…complex, messy, full, hopeful. It kept me turning the pages and the ending was unexpected. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Grief, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicide and Pregnancy

jweixel's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

One of the best books I’ve read in a while! It’s dark but uplifting at the same time somehow. It’s unlike other books where someone disappears because it’s more interesting and complicated and less predictable and is kind of slow yet a page turner somehow. It’s really beautifully written and easy to grasp without being simple

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Terminal illness, Blood, Kidnapping, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

emilyrebeccaehg's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

A masterpiece. It was easy to keep turning pages to find out what would happen next. And easy to get swept up on the saga of every character. I appreciated the focus on the long-term fallout that happens after trauma while not focusing on the person who caused the trauma. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

jenmeyers's review

adventurous emotional mysterious sad slow-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

3.75

Slow and dragging. This story spans >25 years and is not just simple mystery or coming of age. It show the intertwined nature of small town lives and secrets over decades, with very little explicit detail just a lot of broad strokes about key points. Tries to be tragic and show facets of choices and consequences. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Kidnapping, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Animal death, Abortion, and Pregnancy

araye's review

It was just too dark. Not the book for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Abortion, Murder, and Pregnancy

kalaser's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Suicide, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Bullying, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Blood, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

daylajane's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Suicide, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Minor: Cursing, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

shelleyschureads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

All the Colors of the Dark was great. 4.75/5 it's long but a good mystery, romance and historical fiction combination. 

It's a slow build novel. Very long and drags in parts. When the story finally comes together it's great but takes a long time to get there. I liked Saint's bees and her story of trying to find Patch and trying to find love. Patch is a complicated, tortured soul. I loved that he used painting to communicate and discover the missing girls. He is obsessed with finding his lost girl. However, he never recognizes the lost loves in his own life. The characters are very well developed. Even the secondary characters: her grandmother, Patch's mom, the Doctor, and the Police Chief. The love triangle was so good. Not a central part of the story but well done. Twisty mystery/thriller with aspects of romance and literary fiction.

Other prompts: #10 F name is L name; #22 Found Family; #44 celebrity on cover; #19 short chapters; #43 social class; #5) heist?; #33 stand aline novel; #47 blue; #41 cover font is primary color; 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism