Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue

22 reviews

ukponge's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder

tina94's review against another edition

3.75

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent

Moderate: Miscarriage, Murder, Colonisation

Minor: Slavery, Torture

nfoutty's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional reflective 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, War

Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Classism

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol

qqjj's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail

alanaefarrell's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Violence, Police brutality, Death of parent, War

Minor: Rape

courtneyfalling's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This was so good and I am in such awe that a living, breathing person has enough insight and talent to write this novel. It is absolutely breathtaking, all of the characters are so multidimensional and well-crafted, and it is so perceptive and sharp on globalized exploitation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Grief, Death of parent, Colonisation

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, Kidnapping

Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny

raenyreads's review against another edition

3.0

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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The subject matter of this book was what drew me into reading it and I'm glad I did. I think if you don't know much about this aspect of the world its a really important read and shows how unfair the world can be. However, the jumping back and forth in timelines and points of view made this a bit boring and difficult to read as it felt like the story was progressing at a snails pace even without all the flash backs. So that's why my rating is a little lower than it would be if this was not the case.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Colonisation

plumquin's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Genocide, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment

Minor: Body shaming, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Pregnancy, Alcohol

oreo's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Rape, Kidnapping, Murder

ky_q_xoxo's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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When thinking about my rating for this book, I discovered that it seems to be very polarizing. The narrative style and timeline was very intriguing to some while being incredibly off-putting to others. I align myself firmly with the former camp, and wholeheartedly enjoyed this book in almost all ways. The treatment of the children of the village as a character in and of themselves was novel and arresting, and the nonlinear timeline and multiple narrators being drawn from one family only enhanced my enjoyment. I would have given it a 4.5 ⭐s, actually, except for a confusing, and admittedly very subtle, discussion of homosexuality that, in my opinion, was not ever reconciled or handled in any satisfying way. I was in fact reading others' reviews to see if anyone else had been put off by this thread in the story, but didn't see anyone else discussing it. I will be interested to see Own Voices reactions to this book in that regard. I finally settled on 4 ⭐s for my rating, docking 1/2 a star for this element. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder

Minor: Slavery