Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

The Wives by Tarryn Fisher

17 reviews

bnelson13's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Amazing! So gripping! So thrilling! I could not put it down! There were some fantastic unexpected plot twists right up to the end! I loved it!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Abortion, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Body shaming, Genocide, Medical content, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Stalking, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicide attempt

querciola's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Abortion, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Stalking, and Violence

lubaba_'s review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Didn’t see the ending coming. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion

taylorfrady's review against another edition

dark 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

Can we stop perpetuating the "Women are ~~~CRAZY~~~" stereotype? Not funny, not thrilling, not exciting. This book had me hooked until about halfway through, when I had to question what the main character was going through.

The whole plot makes you feel like you're crazy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Infertility, Miscarriage, Murder, and Pregnancy

mensfrightsactivist'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

1.0

Honestly I never leave reviews but this book has me mad as f***.

The ending specifically. I was expecting the author to be gearing up to some big reveal that redeemed the protagonist but no, she’s just insane with a list of unspecified diagnoses, and every last point of intrigue was entirely made up as a result of those diagnoses. How lazy!!! Not to mention ableist, namely in perpetuating stereotypes of the mentally ill.

All in all an incredibly disappointing waste of a day and I would not recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, and Stalking

kdippel's review

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Total Mind F of a book. Couldn’t put it down!

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Content Warnings

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

taymackwar's review

tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Gun violence, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Forced institutionalization