Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner

93 reviews

trisarahtopps06's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Abortion

Minor: Child abuse and Rape

erikalv97's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

I was really excited to read this book, so I had high hopes for it, while it wasn’t exactly what I expected, it was not a bad read.

I don’t particularly enjoyed the “present” story, but I enjoyed the eighteenth century one. 

Overall, it’s a book with a great concept and it had some plot twists that surprised me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Blood, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Medical content, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

usually_sleep_deprived's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Abortion, Medical content, and Infertility

Moderate: Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, and Self harm

fantawintr's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide attempt, Miscarriage, Infertility, Murder, and Abortion

msbarnesela's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

• 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? No

2.5

The concept of historical women using knowledge that men ignored to take charge of their own lives is a cool idea. But this book didn’t live up to that.  I didn’t find the characters compelling because none of them were developed enough for me to care. Their backstories were almost immediately revealed through exposition—there wasn’t enough effort in the unraveling of it for it to be satisfying. The plot felt too convenient; the modern main character’s research process was too easy. The author seemed to intend a big twist for in one place that I was totally unsurprised by. I read the whole thing in an afternoon, so at least it wasn’t a slog, but it just didn’t achieve what I hoped it would be.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Abortion

Minor: Vomit, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, and Gaslighting

selenatothemax's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Infertility, Chronic illness, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Death of parent, Death, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Grief, Abortion, and Child abuse

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Classism

Minor: Vomit

juliaximena's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Murder, Child death, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Grief, and Infertility

Moderate: Vomit, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

b_silver's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Intrigued from the moment I started reading, I couldn’t put it down. By the end I was sobbing, a mix of grief and joy.  Sometimes the character’s motivations were not exactly clear, but I still found them very likable and relatable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Suicide, Murder, Vomit, Abortion, Blood, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Death, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship

laurataylor's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Child death, Death, and Alcoholism

buckaroo97's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Death, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Infertility, and Vomit