Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

The Wives by Tarryn Fisher

54 reviews

madicana's review

dark mysterious tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Stalking, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Infertility, and Toxic relationship

twysbeek's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Stalking, Gun violence, Infertility, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

emilyrennert's review

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.75

There were lots of twists and turns, but the plot got a little bit lost sometimes. The ending wasn't particularly satisfying. Personally I don't like that the author went for the "insane woman" plot line. I love a flawed and unlikeable main character, but when the plot went from "taking revenge against an abusive partner" to "actually she's just insane and making things up" I got a bit of a bad taste in my mouth.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Violence, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Domestic abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Infertility, and Mental illness

jkar7's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0

Twisty but also somehow predictable. Fun read though!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Gaslighting

faithfulgirl4's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

4.0

 Thursday is madly in love with her husband Seth. They've been through so much together and she loves the time that she gets to spend with him, which is mostly on Thursdays. One thing that is unique about their relationship is that Seth has two other wives, Monday and Tuesday. Thursday is his legal wife though. They have a rule that the identities of the other wives should never be discussed or investigated. One day though, something triggers Thursday to find out who Monday really is. That day changes everything.

While reading this book, I couldn't figure out who the crazy was. I finally decided it must be me because of how quickly things kept changing! I wasn't completely surprised by the ending as I was starting to have inklings about halfway through but there were a few nuggets that still caught me off guard. I enjoyed this book and it will probably be one I think about for quite some time. I read this on the recommendation of my sister and I'm so glad I borrowed it on the Libby app from my local library! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infertility, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Miscarriage, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

butilikeit's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Infertility, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Stalking, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

allisonisbooked's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Mental illness, Murder, Death, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Stalking, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infertility, and Infidelity

aedoran08's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, and Misogyny

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infertility, Emotional abuse, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Infidelity, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

reddreadds's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Stalking, Self harm, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, Child death, Grief, Infertility, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Infidelity, and Domestic abuse

cheryl1213's review

dark medium-paced

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

2.5

Meh. I didn't feel very compelled to figure out the answers or really connected to the characters. Not bad per se, but just not much that drew me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, and Infertility