Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

Master Class by Christina Dalcher

9 reviews

tarajoy90's review

dark 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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Ableism, and Fatphobia

notalice's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.0

The plot is good but

the theme is so oversimplified, and she keeps saying she hates her husband

It's also too similar to "Vox". It's about a highly educated woman whose husband work is directly related to the goverment and has kids, one of them a young girl. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Kidnapping

norwegianforestreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Confinement, Gun violence, Infertility, Lesbophobia, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Biphobia, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Blood, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Antisemitism, Death, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, Abortion, Alcohol, Cursing, Homophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Islamophobia, Pregnancy, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

eyedoc's review

dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Misogyny, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Abortion, Bullying, and Classism

Minor: Infidelity and Antisemitism

caterpillar's review

dark tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Death, Racism, Genocide, Suicide, Pregnancy, Homophobia, Abortion, Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, and Antisemitism

alp_books's review against another edition

dark reflective sad 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Classism, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Ableism, Antisemitism, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Racism, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Violence, and Rape

meluhnie's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-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

3.5

This was kind of a dystopian in the near future.  This story touched on lots of uncomfortable topics, especially eugenics, politics, our education system, abortion, elitism...it's a squirmy read for white America.  As an LGBT+ parent and a POC, I couldn't help but think..."Am I supposed to be surprised?" Meh. 

I did enjoy the read, I enjoyed the story, I connected with the MC as a mother. I'm glad I read it. But I just couldn't identify with the struggle, like this isn't the worst America has done.  It's good to learn about, but it's nothing new.  I did enjoy the Author's note at the end, and I think she accomplished her goal. So on that end it would be 5 stars.  But for me, not so much.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, Ableism, Medical content, Gaslighting, Classism, and Abortion

mira123's review against another edition

dark sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

 

Ich kenne keinen einzigen Menschen, der sich nicht über irgendwelche Zahlen definiert. Notenschnitt, Intelligenzquotient, gelesene Bücher pro Jahr, Gewicht, Kleidergröße, wie viel am Monatsende noch am Konto ist. Und das ist auch nicht immer nur schlecht. Ich meine: Wem schadet es, wenn ich messe, wie viele Bücher ich pro Jahr lesen kann? Aber schon in unserer Realität kann sowas sehr schnell außer Kontrolle geraten. Dann entstehen zum Beispiel Essstörungen. Oder Menschen werden als weniger wertvoll angesehen, nur weil ihre Noten schlechter sind oder sich ihr Intelligenzquotient nicht im dreistelligen Bereich befindet.

In "Q" ist wirklich alles von einer Zahl abhängig: deinem Q-Wert. Was da so genau reinspielt, weiß keiner so genau. Auf jeden Fall sind deine Schulnoten mit drinnen oder später deine Leistungen bei der Arbeit und auch die Leistungen deiner anderen Familienmitglieder spielen eine Rolle. Und wenn du einen höheren Q-Wert hast, darfst du zum Beispiel die Express-Kasse benutzen. Auf Kinder wirkt sich dieses System besonders stark aus: Je nach Q-Wert müssen sie eine andere Schule besuchen. Auf silbernen Schulen sind die kleinen Einsteins, auf grünen Schulen die Schüler, die im guten mittelmäßigen Bereich abschneiden und in gelben Schulen alle die Kinder, die unterdurchschnittliche Leistungen erzielen und deswegen als minderwertig angesehen werden. Das sind dann Internate, denn offensichtlich haben die Eltern ja bei der Erziehung ihrer Sprösslinge versagt, also muss ihnen der Staat unter die Arme greifen. Wenn diese Kinder überhaupt geboren werden... Denn die Messung des Q-Werts beginnt schon vor der Geburt und wenn der dann zu niedrig ist, wird den Eltern eine Abtreibung empfohlen.

Dieses Buch war verdammt gruselig und genau deswegen konnte ich es nicht mehr aus der Hand legen. Dystopien behandeln immer auch Aspekte unserer Wirklichkeit und auch hier wurde mir schnell klar, dass diese Idee nicht aus der Luft gegriffen wurde. Spätestens gegen Ende des Buchs wird das auch offensichtlich.

Mein einziger Kritikpunkt ist die Gewalt gegen Ende des Buchs. Beziehungsweise die Art, wie die Gewalt beschrieben wird. Gewalt kommt eigentlich gar nicht so viel vor, in vielen anderen Büchern gibt es mehr. Aber sie wurde auf eine Art beschrieben, die mich dazu zwang, immer wieder Lesepausen einzulegen. Gerade von einer Szene wurde mir richtig übel.

Mein Fazit? Eine unglaublich spannende Dystopie, über die ich sicher noch länger nachdenken werde. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Abortion, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Medical content, Sexism, Pregnancy, and Panic attacks/disorders

chyneyee's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

2.5

Ironically, Malcolm's family name is called Fairchild, but he's not really fair to the children. The entire story is mesmerising and thought-provoking. The beginning was captivating, and it ends vaguely well. It's just Elena turns into a different person in the middle of the story, a few inconsistencies here and there and some characters suddenly brighter than before. I don't find any likeable characters in the story. Somehow, it seems like a story of Elena doesn't have a happy school life due to her nerdiness. She wants whatever bad treatments she has coped with will flip back to the unintelligent ones. It happens in her favour, and she treats them like how she was treated. However, her avenging ideas turn into a nightmare when she becomes a mother, and karma hits her daughter.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Bullying, Confinement, and Death