Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

Voor ik ga slapen by S.J. Watson

13 reviews

katerinakr's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual harassment

Minor: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

jessicahuss's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body shaming, Miscarriage, and Sexual assault

em_h_ma's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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

3.5

Christine becomes amnesiac after an accident and wakes up everyday next to a stranger who happens to be her husband. Day after day, she tries to remember wha happened to her. This book had me on the edge of my sit and I spend the entire time picking my brain apart to find out the thruth.

Definitely didn’t see the plot twist coming and was horrified to find out Ben was actually Mike, the lover.

Great book. 10/10 would recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, and War

eleyden's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective 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

3.5

Very intense, very unsettling and kept me guessing till the end. I had no idea the twist that was coming! I love that the author made me suspicious of every single character and their intentions towards the main character. 
Sometimes the journal entries were a bit long winded and could have been shorter. Too much unnecessary descriptions. 
The ending (the last page) was SO open ended I wanted to scream. Not fulfilling whatsoever. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Minor: Miscarriage

itsnicholaslashay's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Infidelity, Rape, and Grief

Minor: Miscarriage and Car accident

evachristinee's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse

Minor: Child death, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, and Stalking

joshoonet's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.0

• Sort of a diary format, but not really? Makes you empathise with the protagonist, since the reader is in the same position as her
• Very interesting concept for sure! And pretty well done from a layman's perspective
• Mostly slow burn except for the last ~30 pages, maybe a smoother transition would have been cool
• Didn't even CONSIDER the ending until pretty late

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Dementia, Grief, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Miscarriage, Blood, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

kim_ng's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.0

The book had a great premise.
Unfortunately, it was very repetitive, as the main character has to recall her memories every day again and again. I understand that this is exactly what the book is about, but for me personally, it could have been a bit more fast-paced. 
Also, I had wished for the thriller aspect earlier on in the story - it wasn't until about 70 pages before the end that the book felt like a thriller to me.
Furthermore, I figured out the plot twist quite early on, which did not necessarily mean that the book was bad, but unfortunately the story somehow lacked that certain something.

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Die Story klang sehr interessant.
Leider war die Handlung sehr repetitiv, da Christine jeden Tag aufs Neue ihre Erinnerungen wiederfinden muss. Ich weiß, dass genau das der Sinn des ganzen Buchs ist, trotzdem hätte sich die Geschichte meiner Meinung nach schneller gestalten können.
Außerdem fühlte sich das Buch erst auf den letzten 70 Seiten wie ein Thriller an - und dann war es auch schon vorbei.
Den Plottwist habe ich bereits recht früh erraten, was überhaupt nicht schlimm und ist und nicht automatisch dafür sorgt, dass ein Buch schlecht ist - leider fehlte mir bei dem Buch aber irgendwie das gewisse Etwas.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault and Medical trauma

Minor: Miscarriage

navayiota's review against another edition

dark 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? No

0.25

Τι απαίσιο βιβλίο. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Car accident and Alcohol

zara89's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Minor: Child death, Miscarriage, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury