Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

Ripe by Sarah Rose Etter

185 reviews

mald626's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Abortion

soffafa's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-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

cassie is a very human individual swamped down by others; meeked by work and men, mother. im so hopeful for her to overcome being numb. i dont have a lot of words for this but it broke my heart how relatable she is. anyways short read but really enjoyed

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, and Abortion

literary_nikki's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Uhm. Well. Aye. This was fucking bleak. Observant, sharp, and bloody tragic. I've been reading through other reviews to see what other people have said about this book and one reviewer said "don't read this if you're on the edge of a breakdown" and I think that's exactly where I went wrong. It is beautifully written, don't get me wrong, the author is talented - it's deeply satirical, the imagery is something else, treading that line between grotesque and beautiful, and the narrative kept me turning the pages, but jeezo, it's filled me with an emptiness and overwhelming sense of dread. It's intense and horrific. Ooft. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Suicide

Moderate: Abortion, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

libraryofblood's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion

rebekahelis's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion

Moderate: Drug use

dustghosts's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, and Toxic friendship

siriface's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion and Pregnancy

leefox's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Abortion, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, and Suicide

Minor: Vomit

rachaelwho's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Deeply depressed and depressing. Everything felt inevitable, though for a brief shining moment here and there I thought that

Cassie would destroy the company before she died

.  That was the main will she/won't she of the book for me, otherwise I could see it all in front of me, but not in a bad way. It did take me a weirdly long time to realize that

Cassie had reproduced her relationship with her parents in her friends

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I would not have called this magical realism. There's no indication that the black hole is literally, physically there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Infertility, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Police brutality, Colonisation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

mmccombs's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

An achingly honest and melancholy novel, brimming with anxiety and despair and also a kind of hope. Capitalism is a nightmare, often contrasted with the hugeness of space, making the issues Cassie face feel so small in comparison, though the sadness persists nonetheless. I think I enjoyed this so much because it felt so true to my own feelings of overwhelm, my own experience with start up culture, and how complicated it is to be a person today. So it may not resonate for everyone in the same way, but I felt very seen by this novel!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Abortion, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Pandemic/Epidemic