Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

Burntcoat by Sarah Hall

5 reviews

flissrobyn's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

5.0

I read this after it was recommended by StoryGraph. It’s not my usual read, and I went in not knowing what to expect. 

My only response is… wow. I finished it within 4 hours of starting it, and couldn’t tear myself away. 

It was confusing to start, and that felt intentional. The lack of chapters left you having to really try to figure out at which point of time you were in. 

The book is written as if a letter to someone. As the book progressed, in tandem you learned more about the narrator, and their life and illness. It was mysterious and haunting. 

The first half read like a love letter, and then it becomes clear that it’s not. 

The story, the writing, made me feel a lot of emotions, and I’m still  reeling from it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, Chronic illness, and Death

Moderate: Vomit, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Death of parent, Violence, and Medical trauma

Minor: Miscarriage, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, and Xenophobia

victoria_catherine_shaw's review

dark emotional sad 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Terminal illness, Gore, Miscarriage, Grief, and Excrement

staceys_adventure's review

dark emotional sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Car accident, and Emotional abuse

lianne_rooney's review

challenging dark hopeful reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness

Moderate: Miscarriage, Sexual content, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Death, and Pregnancy

emilygigs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

I can see myself revisiting this one in a decade or so; the writing about a pandemic and life in lockdown and the fear that comes when a partner is ill — all of it is spot-on. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Grief, and Dementia

Moderate: Abortion, Miscarriage, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexism, Car accident, and Abandonment

Pandemic content Second-person POV