Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

The Widow by Fiona Barton

10 reviews

msydd's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Mental illness and Infertility

Minor: Grief, Gaslighting, and Stalking

avidreader8725's review

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Infertility, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, and Kidnapping

norwegianforestreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infertility, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

missmichalalynn's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

I honestly would’ve liked another chapter from the husbands perspective

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Pedophilia, Child death, Vomit, and Murder

thatonecatmom's review

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Pedophilia

Moderate: Child death and Child abuse

Minor: Infertility

jodieworton's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

3.0

I bloody love a good psychological thriller and this book was just that!

The book opens with an awful accident to one of the characters that is fatal. The narrative then switches between the past to present day which leads us up to the moment the character is killed. 

It’s written mostly from three POV’s, the widow, the reporter and the detective. You do get the odd POV from other characters at points throughout the book. 

This was a quick read for me, as I couldn’t wait for the reveal to happen and for the secrets to be told. The story itself is quite dark (see trigger warnings) and for the whole book you are waiting for this person to get their comeuppance. I liked it, would I read it again, probably not, but that’s ok.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Murder, Child death, and Infertility

Other TW: Grooming (electronic)

kaitlynraew's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Infertility, Pedophilia, and Addiction

ashmichelle122's review

slow-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

So slowwww. I kept expecting excitement. Didn’t happen. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Grief, Infertility, Mental illness, and Sexual content

s_hatton29's review

mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Infertility, and Pedophilia

Minor: Murder

allisonplus's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Car accident and Infertility