Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

Chouette by Claire Oshetsky

15 reviews

vishnork's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Excrement, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Abandonment, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Ableism, Death, Violence, Child abuse, Medical content, and Misogyny

Minor: Abortion

redrockhoney's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Ableism, Gore, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual content and Excrement

Minor: Abortion

dannysercia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

While to writing in this book is very beautiful at times, using wild animals as a metaphor for raising an autistic child seems pretty ableist. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Ableism, Abortion, and Sexism

alyssapusateri's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Animal death, Body horror, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Infidelity, Excrement, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Abortion, Sexual content, Blood, and Bullying

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Cursing, Misogyny, and Gaslighting

i'm not really sure how to tag this considering there is such a mix of metaphors or what i thought were metaphors... i don't even know

freyagee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child abuse, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Abortion, Car accident, Abandonment, Animal death, Confinement, and Chronic illness

Minor: Cursing

hotdrinks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Excrement, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Infidelity, and Murder

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Dementia, Animal cruelty, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Child abuse

Minor: Racism, Abortion, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Alcoholism, Grief, Car accident, and Body shaming

beatboxboyfriend's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Animal death, Pregnancy, Blood, Animal cruelty, and Body horror

Moderate: Abortion, Mental illness, and Sexism

fairygodfish's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-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

Let’s see if the world is ready for a creature like Chouette!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Child abuse, Mental illness, Abandonment, and Animal death

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Lesbophobia

readersreadingnook's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Ableism, Abortion, Body shaming, and Blood

cviii's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Blood, Excrement, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Murder, Medical trauma, and Gore

Minor: Abortion and Pregnancy