Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

Outlawed by Anna North

136 reviews

lesbianlis's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This book has been on my TBR for a while and I was glad to finally find a used copy at my local bookstore to get the chance to read it. It has many things I'm interested in such as gay people and cowboys, lol.

I think the story is really good, however, the is a lot of details in places I wish there was fewer and little to no details in places I wish there was more. I also didn't love the ending. I think that part of this book was Ada finding a family that could support and help her and the decision that she makes just doesn't really line up with where her character goes.

I think they could've have potentially made it where The Kid moves their town to this new area to give Ada the best of both worlds.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Self harm, Medical content, Transphobia, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Medical trauma

illtakethenightshiftx's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

2.0

Great concept, terrible execution. This is a book, that exists, that people can read, even though it feels like a draft.
Outlawed is the most boring book I’ve read this year. The characters aren’t fleshed out an Ada is a one-trick pony narrator. The characters had so much potential to be great, but they never had enough page time to make an impression. Also, there are simultaneously too many and not enough characters? What?!

There’s so much potential in this book, but it falls completely flat for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Abortion, and Miscarriage

alfarmer's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-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

4.0

Outlawed is a well written book that explores heavy topics (infertility, racism, sexism, religious bigotry) through the experiences of women in the late 1800s. I read this very quickly and I would recommend this book! But I did not realize that this book would focus on the past experiences of these outlaw women and not the thieving/crimes of them once they were outlaws. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Infertility, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, and Mental illness

Minor: Sexual violence, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

mblanke's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Infertility, Medical content, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, Misogyny, and Police brutality

rensach's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual violence, and Miscarriage

channamason's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

3.75

I enjoyed this book- it’s whimsical and beautiful. such an interesting portrayal of the west that i’ve never seen before. it did drag at times and sometimes because there were lots of characters it was hard to identify all of them. very unique story and i really loved Ada/Doc the protagonist. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Gun violence, Miscarriage, and Misogyny

Moderate: Rape and Abortion

chasingpages1's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Blood, Mental illness, Abandonment, Gore, Grief, Pregnancy, Infertility, Gun violence, Misogyny, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Alcohol, Death, Infidelity, Police brutality, and Racism

Minor: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Mass/school shootings, Abortion, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Classism, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Violence, Animal death, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Transphobia, Cancer, Outing, and Gaslighting

moonvest's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.5

GOTTA check those content warnings, folks!!

This is objectively a good book, but it was just more yucky than what I can handle right now. I was promised “lesbian cowboys” but it’s largely about child death and grief. Which is, you know, a trigger for me.

You’d probably like it though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Pandemic/Epidemic, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Violence, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abortion, Death, Grief, Incest, and Infertility

Minor: Animal death

aubreystrawberry's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Homophobia, and Infertility

Moderate: Medical content, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Abortion, Blood, Mental illness, and Miscarriage

Minor: Animal death, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Grief

rachealcroucher's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Sexism, Biphobia, and Homophobia

Moderate: Abortion, Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Classism, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Transphobia, Infertility, Lesbophobia, Murder, Alcohol, Child death, Chronic illness, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Medical content, Miscarriage, Racism, Body shaming, Death, and Emotional abuse