Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young

32 reviews

milenanoelm's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Grief, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Gun violence, Blood, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Sexual content, and Kidnapping

toweroftheunread's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pregnancy, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

thealmightykatt's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Pregnancy

nicoles_reading_corner'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Pregnancy and Physical abuse

kbowles24's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

Minor: Violence, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Animal death, and Alcoholism

ettaviereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Murder, and Pregnancy

a_novel_craving's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Grief, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Child death, Death, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Murder, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

aea_hobbit's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Toxic friendship, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Alcohol and Domestic abuse

thelindystone's review

mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

I wanted to like this book, but it really could have been done better. I few complaints I have:

• Repetitive - The author kept just repeating backstory that had already been told.
• Narrators - The books is told in first person from the view of multiple characters. Having perspectives from Emery and August made sense. But other minor characters also had chapters from their perspective. These chapters did not really advance the story at all since, as described above, the backstory they contributed was later told to the the readers through August or Emery. One character basically has a the stereotypical villain monologue at the end, which felt forced.
• Too much telling, not enough showing - We never really got to see why August and Emery fell in love. Instead, we were just told they loved each other over and over again. But nothing in the story made it clear why they even liked each other. This book would have been way better if the author had trusted the reader more. 
• Dissatisfying ending - The second to last chapter was so disappointing. The climax was over in like a second, yet it didn’t resolve most character relationships (other than Emery and August). 
• Not enough nuance - Without mentioning any spoilers, there were a lot of relationships between characters that had the potential to be complex and interesting. However, these nuances were hardly explored at all, which is a shame. It ended up seeming more like inconsistent characterization intended to set up plot twists for the reader.
• Main characters spent very little time together - There were surprisingly few scenes between Emery and August until maybe 60 to 70% through the book. As a result, their relationship seemed rushed.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Pregnancy

imds's review

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Gun violence, Confinement, Grief, Blood, Abandonment, Cancer, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Medical trauma, Murder, and Pregnancy