Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue

65 reviews

beccic's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage

joey_marie05's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Child death, Death, Gore, and Miscarriage

alisonmac86's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Blood, Child death, Death, Grief, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Physical abuse and Vomit

mad_is_rad's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

Well now my heart’s broken. An incredible story! It was a surprisingly cozy read, too, until it wasn’t.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Religious bigotry, War, and Slavery

hanmitche11's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Started out so slow until towards the end of RED. Was fully engaged in the story for chapters BROWN and BLUE and then less engaged for BLACK. The romantic relationship felt forced. Was it just to make readers feel more invested in the ending? I think it could have felt more organic without it and still pulled at my heartstrings. The author's note on the real Dr. Lynn was appreciated. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

Minor: Physical abuse

thealienamongus's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Miscarriage, Slavery, Death, Pregnancy, Medical content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Slavery, War, Classism, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Alcohol

annat's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Domestic abuse

have_a_doris_day's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Medical content, Child death, Death, Grief, Religious bigotry, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Misogyny, and Pregnancy

Moderate: War

phoebeeandjam's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

I LOVED THIS BOOK!! I think that this may be my favourite book of all time (to be fair, I haven’t read that many books). 

Though it isn’t the central focus, it is queer! I felt like the characters were written beautifully. 

It took me a minute to get used to the writing style, and there were a lot of nouns I hadn’t heard before because I was not alive in 1918 and I am not Irish lol but I was able to use context clues to get the idea. Despite this, I loved every second of The Pull of the Stars, and I read it every chance I got. I was sad when it ended, and I will likely reread it in the near future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Medical content, Miscarriage, and Child death

Minor: War and Forced institutionalization

aleighc's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Death, Miscarriage, Medical content, Child death, Blood, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, and Death of parent