Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

The Confession by Jessie Burton

19 reviews

chloleighton's review

mysterious reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Abandonment, Abortion, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Self harm, Death of parent, and Suicidal thoughts

maria_fr's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abortion

rebeckareads's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.25

It was easy to suspend my disbelief for this book and I overall enjoyed the writing, the themes, the generational parallells and the flaws of the characters. It also had some questions in the end in case you're reading it for a book club, which was cool.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Abortion, and Mental illness

georgierose's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abortion

radella_hardwick's review against another edition

emotional reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

5.0

There is simply nothing wrong with this book.

I love that Burton confounds our expectations of how a book like this will end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Abortion, Infidelity, and Miscarriage

Minor: Domestic abuse, Suicide, Sexism, and Injury/Injury detail

lottelow's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Death of parent, Infidelity, and Mental illness

bookwormandtheatremouse's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion

rthpr's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Death of parent

linzhere's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.0

I was looking forward to reading another book by Jessie Burton, but was disappointed by it. I didn't feel invested in the characters nor care what happened to them."you need to understand whatever decisions you make in life, there will always be loss... you must be prepared to regret a decision you thought you will never regret – but regret, in my experience, is never permanent" p324

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion