Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

Crossroads by Laurel Hightower

11 reviews

bellahtrix's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Grief, Child death, and Suicide

Minor: Infertility

asteinke's review

challenging dark emotional sad fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Gore, Body horror, Blood, and Child death

Minor: Car accident and Infertility

zombie_loves_books's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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? Yes

4.0

A great book surrounding grief, desperation, the difficulty of moving forward and the dangers of not being able to let go.

I knew it wasn't him from the get go but it still broke my heart in the end more for him. She went after what she wished to see and didn't listen to everything showing her the reality and in the end instead of helping her son the choice she made is making him suffer. It was a 4 star simply because there wasn't enough exploration into the boyfriend and why he was so chill with everything. There is supportive and there is this man. I wish there was some more I to his thought process or even if he himself was under a spell.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Body horror, Suicide, Self harm, and Child death

Moderate: Infertility

vixenreader's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad 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

5.0

Both a cautionary tale and a tribute to motherhood and grief, this novella examines the dangers of sacrifice with empathy and humanity. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gore, Suicide, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Blood, Death, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

Moderate: Infertility, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Medical content

Minor: Animal death, Cursing, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Vomit

Be aware that there are scenes of mutilation, amputation, finding a dead body, disfigurement of the body, dysfunctional familial relationships, and ghosts.

sargasso_c's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

A piercing and essential exploration of maternal grief.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Self harm, Death of parent, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Body horror, Gore, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Vomit

dalmavatai's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, Child death, Suicide, Blood, Body horror, and Suicidal thoughts

kristinajoy07's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Gore, Self harm, Suicide, Body horror, Child death, and Death

Minor: Infertility

nostoat's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

4.0

This book was everything the premise promised. Really fucked up! Good writing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Blood, and Suicide

Moderate: Car accident and Infertility

meganrae047's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death, Body horror, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Car accident, and Child death

Moderate: Infertility

madarauchiha's review

challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

✨🌠 my about / byf / CW info carrd: uchiha-madara 🌠✨

Weird and creepy story about grief. Well written, interesting, the supernatural portion wasn't goofy and I appreciate that it didn't go fully scooby doo. I thought it handled the heavy subject matter fairly well. 

It's an incredibly white book. Zero diversity. Which like I'm not exactly demanding because useless authors shoehorning useless sidekicks of color or black sidekicks to white main characters is the LAST thing I want to read.



major suicide, suicide ideation, gore, injuries, blood, self harm, death, grief, alcohol, 

medium medical content, infertility, pregnancy, car accidents, 

minor sexual content, alcohol, 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Grief, Alcohol, Death, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Medical content, Pregnancy, Infertility, Car accident, and Sexual content

Minor: Sexual content and Alcohol